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verb

past tense of validate

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Recent Examples of validated
Adjective
How Beliefs About Aging May Shape Health Researchers also assessed participants’ attitudes about aging using a validated questionnaire. Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 22 July 2026 What used to move through a narrow, validated funnel now flows through all at once. Matt Waxman, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 Health systems can take simple steps, like adding validated alcohol screening questions to their electronic health records or flagging high-risk patients, to identify more people in need of treatment. Isabella Cueto, STAT, 14 July 2026 This validated questionnaire asks about symptoms like heel pain and swollen joints or digits. Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 27 May 2026 What would’ve been a sell-out move nine times out of 10 only validated Winding Refn’s initial instincts threefold. Nick Newman, IndieWire, 6 May 2026 This phase will focus on turning validated designs into integrated subsystems that can operate under real reactor conditions. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026 By licensing the Stan Patrol 6009 hull – which shares its axe-bow design with around 300 vessels already afloat – the Liberty Class benefits from a pre-validated platform, potentially saving years of hull development and testing. New Atlas, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
That allows manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers developing vehicles on NVIDIA’s architecture to evaluate a lidar sensor already validated for the platform instead of spending additional engineering time proving compatibility. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026 The goal is to ensure first impressions are validated by concrete evidence, not just gut feelings. Andy Molinsky, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Through the Iran war, that model has been validated, leaders of the UAE now say. Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for validated
Adjective
  • The cards have relatively flexible cancellation terms and the ability to downgrade to a smaller aircraft on a confirmed basis.
    Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Children ages 5 to 19 account for 52% of the confirmed 2026 cases, the agency said.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • The sheriff's department said the results from the hair sample were verified in early June.
    Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • Any tickets listed for resale before the official platform opens cannot be verified by LA28.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • The fire has grown by only 2 acres since Monday, and fire lines are being established on the three fires that make up the Spokane Complex.
    Morgan Chesky, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Officials reported Wednesday that firefighters had established containment lines around the perimeters of all three fires affecting Spokane and that they were focused on reinforcing those lines.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • An agent holding valid credentials, performing thousands of plausible-looking actions across four days, trips neither alarm.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The movie taps into what’s noble and valid and genuine about those feelings.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Still energy proved infectious, with the dugout jumping up and down while greeting him with a line of high-fives.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The Front Range and mountains nearby once again proved the most popular places to hike 14ers with 152,400 hiker-use days (59%) spent on the 12 peaks closest to the metro area.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Davidson also added a few role players to fill holes, but didn’t bring in a proven player to play with Connor Bedard.
    Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Despite a viral online claim, scientists and doctors have repeatedly said the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin is not a proven treatment.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • The Garmin device demonstrated the best stability, and Whoop also performed per standard.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Lean into crisp poplin, like Vittoria Ceretti, who demonstrated how versatile striped boxer shorts can be—especially layered with a button-down shirt and crewneck T-shirt.
    Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 31 July 2026
Adjective
  • Make the thing, refine one detail, and let the actual work answer the outside noise.
    Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The researchers compared each graduate’s actual first employer against every other firm that plausibly could have hired them, then measured how the presence of fellow Ivy Leaguers at those firms shaped where graduates actually landed.
    Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026

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