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as in exonerated
to free from a charge of wrongdoing
vowed that the evidence would completely vindicate him
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as in confirmed
to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of
recent discoveries have generally vindicated the physicist's theories
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Recent Examples of vindicated
Jesse Wegman,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
And yes, despite having a chance at Sergei Bobrovsky at the trade deadline — the original asking price was a first-round pick, which Carolina would have never paid — Tulsky was vindicated in the end.
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Pierre Lebrun,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
When viewers began making the same comparison unprompted, Brower felt vindicated.
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Ian Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
Crowe said he had been vindicated by the fact that when the film came out there were more women in theatres than men.
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Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 June 2026
The Iran war has vindicated China’s national clean energy industrial strategy driving its commanding technological superiority in solar, batteries, wind, electric vehicles and nuclear energy.
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Sam Liccardo,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
It has now been vindicated; the block on the duties was stayed.
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Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
Others were vindicated in federal court.
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Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
When SpaceX starts trading this week, Alwaleed will have every right to feel vindicated in his bet.
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Wael Mahdi,
semafor.com,
8 June 2026
Verb
Wilson lost the fight over state equality in the Senate, but more than a century later, he would be vindicated on the issue of direct congressional elections with the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Jesse Wegman,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
And yes, despite having a chance at Sergei Bobrovsky at the trade deadline — the original asking price was a first-round pick, which Carolina would have never paid — Tulsky was vindicated in the end.
—
Pierre Lebrun,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
When viewers began making the same comparison unprompted, Brower felt vindicated.
—
Ian Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
Crowe said he had been vindicated by the fact that when the film came out there were more women in theatres than men.
—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 June 2026
The Iran war has vindicated China’s national clean energy industrial strategy driving its commanding technological superiority in solar, batteries, wind, electric vehicles and nuclear energy.
—
Sam Liccardo,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
It has now been vindicated; the block on the duties was stayed.
—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
Others were vindicated in federal court.
—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
When SpaceX starts trading this week, Alwaleed will have every right to feel vindicated in his bet.
—
Wael Mahdi,
semafor.com,
8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vindicated
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Not all pads are alike, but a footprint on the larger side involves five to ten acres of cleared, packed ground that serves as the hub for drilling equipment, which can include wellheads, pump jacks, tanks, wastewater storage pits, trailers, and flare stacks.
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What counts as a cleared sidewalk?
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Spilotro also went on trial for the M&M murders in 1983, 21 years after the fact, and was acquitted on the grounds that the prosecution's key witness, the aforementioned Cullotta, wasn't credible, according to a contemporary New York Times report.
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The officer in that case was acquitted of criminal charges and found justified in his use of force by a review board.
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The destroyer commissioned Tuesday, the Choe Hyon, is expected to have anti-ship and land-attack missile capabilities, although neither can be confirmed to date, analysts said.
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The outlet also reported that, for now, no plans for a reunion between the king and his son have been confirmed.
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There were other consequences for the city too – like the hefty settlement payments Detroit doled out to the exonerated men in Simon’s cases.
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The film’s most tense and destabilizing sequence is a confrontational meeting between the exonerated men and Bishop.
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Display Color Gamut Volume (CGV) is equivalent or exceeds the CGV of the DCI-P3 color space as verified independently by Intertek.
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Bland was obsessed with religion, but that did not amount to insanity, the prosecutor argued.
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During the primary the two contenders agreed on most issues, but Valdez argued throughout the campaign that Reynoso wasn't outspoken enough.
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