vindicate
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They can go into federal court and sue and vindicate their rights that way immediately.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
"I think Salah's trying to vindicate himself and make himself feel better because he's had a very poor season," said Rooney.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Stopping the war weeks short would vindicate their Hormuz strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Megan notes that the data vindicate Fed officials’ decision to keep interest rates steady at the January meeting.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
Still, Picasso believed in his vision, and he believed that the future would vindicate him.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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To AI-safety experts, it vindicates what they have been warning about all along: that AI systems would cause real-world harms and evade attempts to control them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
These analysts will claim that the stock market’s huge rally to begin this week’s trading vindicates their beliefs.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026
Only a win vindicates the Canberra decision and can ensure a peaceful holiday in Noosa after the Test.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
Both the police and Gascón’s chief of staff, Joseph Iniguez, claim the video vindicates their respective interpretations of events.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2024
From this standpoint, too, he vindicates the authenticity of John's Gospel, and from Romans ix.-xi. works out a “Pauline Theodicy.”
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz
Economists who don’t think the Fed needs to hike this year felt vindicated.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Pauling may never be fully vindicated, but neither was he simply deluded.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
People physically show up, demanding that their rights be vindicated.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Chelsea will, however, feel vindicated in their belief that he engineered his exit, after receiving compensation of £17m from City.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Soon after Cornwall Capital laid their chips on the table, Capital One was vindicated by its regulators, its stock price shot up, and Cornwall Capital’s $26,000 option position was worth $526,000.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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“It is a bit vindicating to see this happen in the wild,” said Jeffrey Ladish, executive director of Palisade Research, a nonprofit AI lab that studies AI capabilities to better understand risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
So watching the rest of the world finally catch up feels a little vindicating.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
But the case was a close one with only five justices full-throatedly vindicating the Fourth Amendment’s privacy protection goals.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
And you know, there are fewer things in life more vindicating than a guy dumping you and then crawling right back.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Thus vindicating those who bore influence in her formative years.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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