vindicates

verb

present tense third-person singular of vindicate
1
as in acquits
to free from a charge of wrongdoing vowed that the evidence would completely vindicate him

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2
as in confirms
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 vindicates Among other Asian nations that didn’t make it out of the group phase were Jordan and Uzbekistan, both first-time tournament qualifiers, which presumably vindicates FIFA’s decision to enlarge the tournament. — Simon Chadwick, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Lawyers who negotiated the settlement said the Supreme Court's ruling vindicates their decision to make a deal and lock in funds for cancer victims before the ruling came from the high court. — Diana Novak Jones, USA Today, 25 June 2026 The expansion also vindicates Grab’s business model, which has dominated Southeast Asia’s ride-hailing and food-delivery market for close to a decade. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026 Journalists laid off by Lake say the ruling vindicates them and represents an important step toward restoring the news organization. — David Bauder, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026 The company argues that today’s deal with BMW vindicates the solid-state approach to lidar, in which the laser beam is steered without machinery. — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vindicates
  1. acquits
  2. confirms
  3. exonerates
  4. verifies
  5. argues
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  • In the proud lineage of pint-sized blonde women who’ve held their own against Madonna, Carpenter acquits herself quite well.
    — Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026
  • To fit all listening scenarios, like all DALI loudspeakers, KUPID also acquits itself at low and high volumes.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Definition of acquits
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  • An independent review of the scoring in Manny Pacquiao’s contentious WBO welterweight world title loss to Jeff Horn confirms the outcome in favor of the Australian.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • Research confirms that voluntary slow breathing measurably increases parasympathetic activity, which is why even 60 to 90 seconds between meetings can change the quality of the next conversation in ways that no amount of mental preparation can.
    — Joy Nissen, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of confirms
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  • Pressed to provide a single minute of footage that exonerates his deputies or his own leadership during the two weeks Mitchell suffered in a cell just downstairs from his office, Smith offers a rare blink.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Here is the video with the new angle from Collins that exonerates Mahomes.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
Definition of exonerates
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  • Someone should know who verifies the image, who speaks for the company, who explains what happened, who fixes the process that failed, and who keeps the organization from turning a teacup storm into a bathtub flood.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • On Kalshi, an internal team verifies outcomes against source reporting — typically within 12 hours of confirmation — with payouts landing about three hours after that; winners take $1 per winning share.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026
Definition of verifies
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  • While organizers did hit the signature threshold after the second submission period, the lawsuit argues that the second batch of signatures were filed after 11 days — one day late — and therefore should be void.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
  • Instead of viewing remote work as just an employee perk, Bloom argues companies could benefit from treating it as a way to maintain productivity in harsh conditions.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 9 July 2026
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