validates

verb

present tense third-person singular of validate
1
as in confirms
to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of a witness independently validated the policeman's version of events

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2
as in proves
to show the existence or truth of by evidence the booming economy in and of itself validated the soundness of the government's economic policies

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Recent Examples of validates For Allegra Films, Locarno’s selection validates a leap into a more ambitious international model. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026 The Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries, or ABIOVE, said the Supreme Court ruling ends years of legal uncertainty and validates voluntary sustainability commitments adopted by traders. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 Security identifies viable attack paths and validates which defenses break them. — Jonathan Baker, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Mamdani and other critics of Israel have argued the International Criminal Court’s open warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest on charges of genocide and war crimes in Gaza validates their calls for his arrest. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026 The milestone clears one of the program’s most important early hurdles and validates a design approach focused on reducing development time and production costs without compromising mission performance. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026 When a drug manufacturer validates a production process using a particular filtration platform or bioprocessing system, changing suppliers becomes expensive, time-consuming and potentially risky. — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 14 July 2026 This season’s 16-6 record especially validates her coaching prowess. — Annie Costabile, New York Times, 9 July 2026 As noted earlier, once a target complies, the malware validates it locally through the PAM API. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for validates
  1. confirms
  2. proves
  3. verifies
  4. establishes
  5. argues
  6. demonstrates
Verb
  • An Irregular spokesperson confirms to PEOPLE that the company is investigating how to securely run cybersecurity tests with AI agents.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Research confirms that affirming personal values significantly reduces stress and rumination, even proactively.
    — Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of confirms
Verb
  • But if Murray proves a strong match with O’Connell and Justin Jefferson, this team will be difficult to beat.
    — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Gen immediately proves Aesha right by hoping the next guests are more demanding so cracks will show.
    — Emma Soren, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of proves
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  • Lawmakers would still need to debate how the government verifies that a kill switch works.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Any new agreement will have to specify who verifies what, in what order, and what happens when a ship is hit.
    — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 30 July 2026
Definition of verifies
Verb
  • Instead, the first 100 days are likely to be judged by whether the new president establishes credibility, assembles an effective governing team and demonstrates that campaign promises can evolve into a coherent governing strategy.
    — Armando Regil Velasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The trailer establishes the film’s visual ambition through high-octane action sequences and production design that spans multiple geographical and temporal settings.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of establishes
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  • Crump argues that the punch itself is not in dispute, citing an incident report written by Arellano which describes the punch.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Conventional time-management advice, Schore argues, focuses almost exclusively on visible behaviors—meetings, email volume, scheduling techniques and collaboration practices.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of argues
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  • Instead, the first 100 days are likely to be judged by whether the new president establishes credibility, assembles an effective governing team and demonstrates that campaign promises can evolve into a coherent governing strategy.
    — Armando Regil Velasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Sustainable profitability demonstrates that growth is supported by sound economics rather than short-term momentum.
    — Amit Jain, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
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