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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
Adjective
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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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In a dissenting opinion, a member of the panel, Andi Saputra, argued that there was not enough evidence and Marakim should be acquitted.
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Babeuf was betrayed by an informant, put on trial in 1797, and eventually acquitted of conspiracy, but he was executed for committing his ideas about inequality to print.
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Although the panel date has not been confirmed, the members and the team behind the webcomic will be on it to chat about their upcoming plans.
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Balogun wasn’t around to see the finish though, drawing a straight red card for stomping on the right ankle of Bosnian center back Tarik Muharemovic in the 61st minute, a foul Brazilian referee Raphael Claus confirmed via a video review.
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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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An editor verified the accuracy of the information before publishing.
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Zabrisky added that intercepted communications and witness accounts suggest Russian drone operators are regularly rotated through Kherson and nearby areas, although those claims have not been independently verified.
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The settlement stems from a 2022 federal class action suit filed by YouTube TV subscribers who argued that Disney used its control over must-have programming, including content tied to ESPN and Hulu, to influence the broader live streaming market.
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Blutinger, a Jewish studies professor at Long Beach State University, had argued that Israel was not committing genocide in Gaza and that the protests on university campuses seemed supportive of Hamas.
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