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validates

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present tense third-person singular of validate

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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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 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 This validates the science and potential for lasting patient improvements. — Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 20 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 Written by James Catchpole based on his own childhood experiences, this book validates disabled children’s right to simply exist, play and be kids without constantly having to explain or justify their bodies to others. — Diane Debrovner, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 These lands have been open for leasing for many decades and this decision validates decisions made in the past. — Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 30 June 2026 The ruling validates and protects the 27 other state laws that have been passed in recent years to ban biological males from women's sports. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026

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NurPhoto via Getty Images It may have been prematurely added to Samsung’s site at the time, because a Samsung press release this week confirms that Amazon Music is now preinstalled across several devices.

— Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
His meeting with Vega at the hotel bar later on confirms he’s only postponed and reshaped the violence on the horizon, not prevented it.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 24 July 2026

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Burnham is the country’s seventh prime minister in a decade, as one political leader after another proves no match for a stubbornly weak economy, which has weighed on incomes and living standards, wearing down the electorate.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
But their journey to catch up with the Rivermen proves increasingly difficult, after one of their horses gets caught in a trap.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 20 July 2026

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Clear+ recently launched eGates , a system that verifies identity in under five seconds using facial recognition without the need for a human operator.

— Justin Zacks, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Regulators are asking who verifies the dose and what happens when an intoxicating product is sold through a channel with no cannabis-specific oversight.

— Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of verifies

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Beyond rare earth elements, the study establishes a broader design principle for ion separation.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026
When the iPhone 18 does arrive, and Apple establishes Siri AI, the resale value of the iPhone 17 will fall even faster.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of establishes

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Joe Bowring, the independent monitor of the PJM market, has warned that capacity prices could stay high and argues that large loads like data centers should bring their own generation, rather than lean on infrastructure the rest of us pay for.

— Melody Birmingham, Fortune, 23 July 2026
The lawsuit argues that the commission's position violates state law and the Wisconsin Constitution's guarantees of the right to vote and equal protection under the law.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026

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