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vindicate

[vin-di-keyt] / ˈvɪn dɪˌkeɪt /


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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

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

“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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