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as in credibility
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as in applicability
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Recent Examples of validity
Check the validity of the email before clicking on anything.
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Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Instead of diminishing the book’s validity, errata lists lent an air of credibility; at least, the thinking went, someone had taken the time to point out what was wrong.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Always verify the validity of requests before sharing personal information.
—Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 18 May 2026
Once police discover Isaiah’s suspicions about Coltrane had validity, Coltrane and his wife Ebony (Cleopatra Coleman) try to flee the country.
—Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
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Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Instead of diminishing the book’s validity, errata lists lent an air of credibility; at least, the thinking went, someone had taken the time to point out what was wrong.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Always verify the validity of requests before sharing personal information.
—Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 18 May 2026
Once police discover Isaiah’s suspicions about Coltrane had validity, Coltrane and his wife Ebony (Cleopatra Coleman) try to flee the country.
—Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for validity
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The company cites this as an example of how changes in content structure and credibility signals may influence AI visibility.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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Seeing a real person use a product adds credibility.—
Wyles Daniel
June 4,
Idaho Statesman,
4 June 2026
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According to investigators, the survival benefit was observed regardless of a patient’s RAS mutation status, suggesting the treatment could have broad applicability across metastatic pancreatic cancer populations.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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Playwright Mark Rosenblatt takes a leaf from the Peter Morgan playbook of using newsy real-life controversies with direct contemporary applicability to spark balanced drama.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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Forbes College Financial Grades are designed to assess a private not-for-profit college’s operational soundness and balance sheet health using the following ten measures.—
Matt Schifrin,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Florida lawmakers passed stricter laws for structural soundness and greater condo board transparency.—
Joan Murray,
CBS News,
22 May 2026
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Raman is well-versed on matters of relevance and could have pushed back against Bass in substantive, detailed ways.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Research opportunities are incorporated in parallel, selected for their relevance to the candidate's specialty focus, and timed to help strengthen the application profile in a meaningful way.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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The lesson is that without internal logic, any story will lose its believability and, with it, its appeal.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
24 Mar. 2026
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Yes, the glossy aesthetic occasionally dulls the impact of the director’s more tactile sensibilities, and a few script contrivances stretch believability.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2026
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Cultural relevancy requires topical commentary, a point of view, and an audience hungry for what a host and their guests have to say about what’s going on in the world.—
Sabrina Reed,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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This is just another example of the seriousness with which Brunson approaches his job, and a reason why New York has returned to relevancy since Brunson joined the franchise in 2022.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
3 May 2026
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At the same time, a 12-month clinical trial out of Penn State just confirmed that eating prunes daily can help preserve bone strength in postmenopausal women.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
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But strength and resilience aren't just themes in her magazine.—
Mikayla Price,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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His latest work, The Urgency of Indigenous Values—available via JSTOR’s Path to Open program—not only examines the origins, wisdom, and pertinence of Haudenosaunee beliefs, but also confronts the inherent limitations of such examination.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Apr. 2026
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Shackleton has some pertinence for fans of Apple TV’s sci-fi alternate-history series For All Mankind, in which prospectors from the United States and the Soviet Union compete for water resources inside the crater.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Validity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/validity. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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