validity

noun

Definition of validitynext
1
as in credibility

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2
as in applicability

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Recent Examples of validity The Supreme Court this week issued several significant rulings, including the validity of late-arriving mail-in ballots, a challenge to the concept of birthright citizenship and the participation of transgender athletes on girls’ sports teams. — Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 New information is emerging surrounding the validity of ransom notes connected to Nancy Guthrie's disappearance. — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Meanwhile, the longtime partnership between West and Hayne has come under scrutiny from civil rights attorneys, forensic experts and the courts over concerns about the validity of their techniques. — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 29 June 2026 Both sides appealed then, as prosecutors were seeking a five-year prison term and defense lawyers were questioning the validity of the evidence. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for validity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for validity
  1. credibility
  2. applicability
  3. soundness
  4. relevance
  5. believability
  6. relevancy
  7. strength
  8. pertinence
Noun
  • The diminishment of American credibility, another cost, will probably be with us for decades to come.
    — Robin Wright, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
  • The manager is expected to listen, build trust, learn the team’s work by asking questions, and establish credibility.
    — Dr. Cynthia J. Young, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of credibility
Noun
  • Still, the reason Belmont endures is its plain language and broad applicability.
    — Stephanie Haridopolos, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2026
  • Set that against Microsoft's research mapping AI applicability across occupations, which scores knowledge and information work highest and physical labor lowest, and an unnerving pattern surfaces.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of applicability
Noun
  • Opinions from the Board of Immigration Appeals and two other federal courts of appeals reflect the soundness of DHS's legal position.
    — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Services will range from individual wellness and sick-patient examinations to routine herd healthcare, breeding soundness exams, pregnancy examinations, on-farm consultations, lameness evaluations and certificates of veterinary inspection, A-State said.
    — arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 21 June 2026
Definition of soundness
Noun
  • Nike has global scale, athlete relationships, product history, distribution reach, and cultural relevance that most companies would love to have.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Chief Deputy Utah County Attorney Chad Grunander questioned the relevance of bringing in Oliver as a witness.
    — Hannah Schoenbaum, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
Definition of relevance
Noun
  • Leaning into ecology serves world-building, while trending toward biomechanics aids immediate believability.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 15 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of believability
Noun
  • Names that balanced regional pride, cultural relevancy, and just the right amount of dad-joke magic.
    — Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 2 July 2026
  • If the Mets are looking to charge back into relevancy — in some fashion despite being trade deadline sellers — Lindor will need to return in vintage form to charge the clubhouse.
    — James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026
Definition of relevancy
Noun
  • Wall Street looked past geopolitical tensions with benchmark indexes rising on Big Tech strength and signs of easing inflation, even as Middle East hostilities escalated.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • Testosterone is a hormone produced primarily in the testicles that helps maintain men’s bone density, fat distribution, muscle strength and mass, facial and body hair, red blood cell production and sperm production.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Definition of strength
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of pertinence

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