as in evidence
something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim
I'm afraid we cannot act on your claim without validation
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Recent Examples of validation
Clearly, there have been more than a few stumbles along the way, but this week, the long-running saga got a new verse as the first validation models were assembled, bringing the EV one step closer to the market.
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Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2026
So there's a black bottomless void inside of me that needs constant validation.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2026
The team used up about a third of its tests on the validation process and now has the capacity to conduct a few hundred tests on patient samples.
—Emily Mullin, Wired News, 13 May 2026
Culturally, lots of people were raised on the idea that external validation is a marker of success, says Romanoff.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 8 May 2026
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Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2026
So there's a black bottomless void inside of me that needs constant validation.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2026
The team used up about a third of its tests on the validation process and now has the capacity to conduct a few hundred tests on patient samples.
—Emily Mullin, Wired News, 13 May 2026
Culturally, lots of people were raised on the idea that external validation is a marker of success, says Romanoff.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for validation
Noun
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In a rare move, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond concluded that trial attorneys hid evidence that might have led to an acquittal.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Do not treat fear like evidence.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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During the meeting, Lucas said a security plan for a business might look like proof of additional security cameras or hiring private security.—
Katelyn Umholtz,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2026
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Petrie didn’t only celebrate his own hits but pointed to rival shows like Sky’s Saturday Night Live UK and Prime Video’s Last One Laughing as proof that British comedy is in rude health.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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In his testimony, Collins described LCI as an effort to field affordable, high-volume interceptors.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
12 May 2026
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Those who questioned the allegations homed in on the absence of first-hand testimonies from victims immediately after the attacks.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
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In December 2019, school district officials sent documentation of Agan’s firing, along with details of their investigation, to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, California’s educator licensing agency, as state law requires for public school teachers who resign or are fired for misconduct.—
Holly McDede,
ProPublica,
12 May 2026
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After consulting documentation from search parties and previous research, Stenton and other researchers mapped the sites using photography and lidar, or light detection and ranging, for about six weeks per year between 2008 and 2023.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
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This is not fusion, but testament to the world as one big town, as perhaps only a third-culture kid — with Filipino and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry, and a girlhood spent in the Deep South — would know.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Her work is a testament to building a legacy on her own terms, and to the quiet power of Black representation in a space that has historically had little of it.—
Essence,
Essence,
11 May 2026
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Ahead of his confirmation, Warsh argued that there is potential to lower rates.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
14 May 2026
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The district received confirmation that the data was deleted in October of 2025, and yet the report was never deleted as part of that deletion activity.—
Karen Morfitt,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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“Validation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/validation. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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