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vindicate

[vin-di-keyt] / ˈvɪn dɪˌkeɪt /


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If that version is ever unearthed, it may perhaps vindicate the director.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

Readers uninvested in Mr. Fukuyama’s crusade to vindicate himself—and to put naysayers in their place—will wish he’d spent more time on the details and heartaches of Japanese-American life in the years surrounding the war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

They can go into federal court and sue and vindicate their rights that way immediately.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

In his first Madrid spell, he pushed for Luka Modric, Sami Khedira and Mesut Ozil, and history would vindicate all three choices.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

Trouble arose only when authors used their stories to vindicate themselves against a great hurt or perceived injustice.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar added on X that the decision "vindicates Pakistan's consistent position that a binding international treaty cannot be unilaterally suspended or set aside".

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

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

Jerome vindicates the same, and Ambrose commendeth Pelagia for so doing.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

Seeing Austria’s umlauted signature grape poured for regulars in Eagles jerseys, I feel vindicated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The result also vindicated Van’s claim to the championship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Admirers cheered that the court had at last vindicated Andrew Johnson.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

They differed over whether that protection damned the Constitution or vindicated it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Alfred Wegener never lived to see his ideas vindicated.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

So watching the rest of the world finally catch up feels a little vindicating.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

A second theme for this Court is vindicating liberties in the Bill of Rights.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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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