1
as in verifying
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 establishing
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 validating
The system transmitted data at up to 1 gigabit per second, validating a key element of the Pentagon’s proliferated space network.
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
For example, one agent might specialize in understanding user intent, another in planning a series of actions, another in executing those actions via tools or APIs and yet another in validating the results.
—Gopikrishnan Anilkumar, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent years have been hard on farmers, validating the pursuit of additional ways to save or make money from their land.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Novices struggle to spot inaccuracies and lack efficient methods for validating AI outputs.
—David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
Fullerton’s new coach, Pete Karavedas, called it a validating win.
—David Delgado, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
Staying competitive means building something with long-term value, validating ideas and being ready to pivot whenever necessary.
—Maksim Strok, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Parents can and should implement consequences and positive discipline, while validating your child’s emotions in a moment of conflict.
—Alex Vance, Parents, 27 Dec. 2024
This was the process that Brendan and Anis followed, validating ideas with minimal risk in order to scale the ones with real value.
—Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
For example, one agent might specialize in understanding user intent, another in planning a series of actions, another in executing those actions via tools or APIs and yet another in validating the results.
—Gopikrishnan Anilkumar, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent years have been hard on farmers, validating the pursuit of additional ways to save or make money from their land.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Novices struggle to spot inaccuracies and lack efficient methods for validating AI outputs.
—David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
Fullerton’s new coach, Pete Karavedas, called it a validating win.
—David Delgado, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
Staying competitive means building something with long-term value, validating ideas and being ready to pivot whenever necessary.
—Maksim Strok, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Parents can and should implement consequences and positive discipline, while validating your child’s emotions in a moment of conflict.
—Alex Vance, Parents, 27 Dec. 2024
This was the process that Brendan and Anis followed, validating ideas with minimal risk in order to scale the ones with real value.
—Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for validating
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But claims of life on Mars are extraordinary, and verifying them requires extraordinary evidence.—
David W. Brown,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025
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Verifying agents is far harder than verifying human buyers.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Union leaders cautiously welcomed the apology, viewing it as a necessary step in establishing trust between Mamdani and law enforcement—a group historically skeptical of his platform.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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With the help of the courts, these governments disfranchised Black voters, establishing poll taxes, literacy tests, understanding clauses, and other measures to effectively deny them the vote.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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This time, police taped off the house and questioned Sutton-Schulman for two hours until a detective got a call from the hospital confirming that L had attempted suicide in the woods behind the house.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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The latest update involves a few Drake bars and specifically who they were aimed at, as Thugger is heard confirming the lyrics were targeted at Gunna.—
Regina Cho,
VIBE.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Julia Roberts and Emma Roberts are proving to have more than just their last name in common.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Finally, partnerships are proving to be the winning component.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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At Level 2, this means demonstrating compliance with all 110 controls in NIST 800-171.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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While his specialty is agateware, which involves carving into a multi-colored piece to reveal layers of clay, this musician and songwriter also enjoys the showmanship of demonstrating his craft.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Validating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/validating. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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