validates

present tense third-person singular of validate

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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
Verb
  • The announcement, made on star Teja Sajja‘s birthday, also confirms the film’s cast and creative team.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Aug. 2026
  • While the original early renderings speculated that the shoe would use a black-and-orange colorway, the official look confirms a bold red shade in place of orange for a Black/Picante Red combination.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That firepower proves too much for USC, which gets beat at home for the first time since November 2024.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Documenting these metrics identifies areas for improvement and proves the program’s ROI.
    Michelle Sims, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Once King County Elections verifies the voters and signatures, the Director of Elections sets a special date between 45 and 90 days after the petition is certified.
    Zachary Fletcher, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Fortune reviewed a summary of his financial records, which verifies his billionaire status.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The iterative design updates provide a hardware and pricing baseline that establishes the market’s baseline without threatening hardware partners such as Samsung.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • That's because the statute of limitations establishes how long a creditor or debt collector can generally sue you to collect a debt.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Republican Assemblymember David Tangipa argues California has already spent billions of dollars addressing an issue that's simply getting worse.
    Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The fact sheet argues that the adjustments are important to keep California’s tax incentive program competitive.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Reports have revealed that moving such a large and capable naval formation into a region experiencing serious tensions demonstrates that Washington is prepared to maintain substantial military capabilities there.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
  • An audit demonstrates that controls were tested during a prior period.
    Bora Unlu, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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