validates

present tense third-person singular of validate

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Recent Examples of validates This downturn validates earlier warnings about the stock's sky-high valuation, which was 94 times 2025 sales, far exceeding fair value estimates. Dan Irvine, Forbes.com, 29 July 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 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • What The Board Is Betting On Now The bull case is real, which is why the bid arrived at a premium and why the board could plausibly hold out for more, even if doing so proves poor judgment.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The young New York rapper and his producer brother have already found success on TikTok, but their strange and poignant full-length debut proves there’s far more to their craft.
    Lei Takanashi, Pitchfork, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • But that might not be enough to mitigate what could be a public relations fallout, Isle argues.
    Martina Di Licosa, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Leadership expert Cory Scheer argues that organizational trust, often seen as an intangible virtue, is a measurable and cultivable foundation for sustainable performance.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • This sentence demonstrates that anyone who profits from these schemes will face serious consequences.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 24 July 2026
  • This demonstrates what an asset that EV and hybrid ownership can be.
    Alexa St. John, Fortune, 23 July 2026

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