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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for validates
  1. confirms
  2. proves
  3. verifies
  4. establishes
  5. argues
  6. demonstrates
Verb
  • By the time a metric confirms the decline, the company has already lost the months in which the gap could still close.
    — Kerry Huang, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Howden will be able to serve in the role without legislative approval until the Texas Senate confirms him when the Legislature returns in January.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Definition of confirms
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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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  • But engaging employers establishes the pathway that’s been missing.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Method dressing with clothing establishes the reference but jewels push the narrative over the edge, adding material and provenance.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 16 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
Definition of argues
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  • Translator and philologist Carlota Palacin Jordan believes sufrir demonstrates how nuances in languages can be influenced by cultures and missed in literal translations.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Roman designer Ludovica Malagò, who cofounded Studio Malià with Gaia Rebecchini, demonstrates one graceful way to do so in this recent project.
    — Francesca Longoni, Architectural Digest, 18 July 2026
Definition of demonstrates

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