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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

The worker just doesn’t get to vindicate their rights.

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

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

This is a moment really that vindicates truth-telling.

From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2025

Each vindicates one view by sacrificing the other.

From The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity by Octavius Brooks Frothingham

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

“There are many people whose rights have been violated, and whose rights need to be vindicated, who either cannot afford lawyers or who choose not to have lawyers,” Persaud said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Luke says the findings have left him feeling "vindicated" and relieved.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

He felt vindicated; I think the margin even swelled his head a bit.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

“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