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vindicate

[vin-di-kayt] / ˈvɪn dɪˌkeɪt /


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Holmes and Evans welcomed the cameras, hoping they would help vindicate her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

“The sole reason he is calling me before this committee is to get me to say something, anything that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up ‘behind bars.’”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Still, Picasso believed in his vision, and he believed that the future would vindicate him.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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

"When you see that bond, and just that love she had for the lambs, it vindicates the decision."

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

The second edition has a Preface in which Defoe vindicates himself from the charge of depreciating his countrymen.

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various

Turk's representatives, Janes Solicitors, said he denies the claims of dishonesty and looks forward to being vindicated in court.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Algorithms learn what makes us angry, afraid or vindicated, then serve us more of it.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026

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

Let them go ahead, they'd find that none of the charges were true and I'd be vindicated.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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

Now, another war is vindicating Beijing’s decision to view this as a critical sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

For Ali Salehpour, it felt somewhat vindicating to hear those words.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

Thus vindicating those who bore influence in her formative years.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote


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