How to Use validation in a Sentence
validation
noun- I'm afraid we cannot act on your claim without validation.
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To have the actor say yes to that is such a validation.
—Emily Burack, Town & Country, 7 Apr. 2022
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That puts a big question in my mind as to the validation of the rankings.
—Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2021
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The data should be a means to an end, though, not a source of validation in its own right.
—Samantha Kleinberg, STAT, 8 Jan. 2024
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For the artists, these shows are a source of validation and support.
—Janie Paul, The Conversation, 9 June 2020
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The bump in sales is a validation of Amazon’s changes to this year’s Prime Day.
—Bychris Morris, Fortune, 13 July 2023
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And it was greeted with a sound wave of validation from fans around the metro.
—Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 16 May 2021
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Or is validation enough that this is the right battle to choose?
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022
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This seems to bond them, giving validation that the job is hard.
—Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2022
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To be on the top 10 list of IMDb is a massive validation of the film’s reception.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
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And Teck likes it too, so that's all the validation Derrick needs.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 18 Nov. 2021
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This is the validation phase, where antibody tests will be put to the test.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2020
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Even 30 years later, that moment and the sense of validation that came with it has stayed with me.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
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That must be some kind of career validation, that maybe the biggest new pop star in the world the past year or so is a fan of your band.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2022
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There is so much that says that validation alone isn’t enough.
—Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2020
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There wasn’t a lot of validation for the inside me, coming from the outside me.
—Ryan Kost, SFChronicle.com, 24 Jan. 2020
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So, too, did William lack the validation his mother longed to see.
—V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2021
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And one more win away from further validation for the Pac-12.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2021
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Then there are politicians like Vance who need the crowd more than the crowd needs him — its approval and its validation.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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Yet this is also a rather normal part of teen and young-adult life: the desire for validation and the need to fit in among one’s peers.
—WSJ, 15 Mar. 2022
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This win was validation for all the knocks and slights the Bengals have been receiving since May.
—Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 23 Jan. 2023
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But the below tips may give you some ideas—or validation.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 8 Mar. 2024
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The selling point here seems to be more about comfort and validation.
—New York Times, 14 Dec. 2021
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Despite the hype, there still are only wisps of validation in this space.
—Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 1 Dec. 2023
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That was a guy who was looking for a little validation from a friend.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2025
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To give validation to your feelings that push you to improve your life.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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On the dark side, the strength behind Leo’s sense of self can lead to arrogance and a need for constant validation.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
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The nomination is validation that hair styling is an art form, a craft and a skill.
—Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 25 Apr. 2021
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But that gamble often feels worth it for the validation.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 27 July 2025
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Also, a company can invest in technology that allows real-time threat validation across alerts and logs, thus saving time.
—Alex Lanstein, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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