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vindicate

[vin-di-kayt] / ˈvɪn dɪˌkeɪt /


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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

Stopping the war weeks short would vindicate their Hormuz strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

The need "to punish the club and to vindicate those clubs who have complied with the relevant rules" is referenced.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026

She expected me to vindicate her life for her, and the choices she’d made.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

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

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim admitted his side were fortunate with the decision, and feels it vindicates the use of VAR, even if his side benefited on this occassion from its absence.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025

Aristotle at once maintains the primacy of metaphysics and vindicates the independence of the special sciences.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

Some people in the community who had been preaching the risks of losing control of AI felt vindicated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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

Canadian Blake Parnham recalled that moment: "I was sobbing watching the game at home because I felt so vindicated, that Buffalo is different."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

It was as if I had waited all this time for this moment and for the first light of this dawn to be vindicated.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

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

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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