validate
verb (used with object)
to make valid; substantiate; confirm.
validated
Example Sentences
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Pangram’s CEO, co-founder and self-proclaimed “slop janitor” Max Spero said the tool’s high rate of accuracy has been validated by multiple third-party studies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
In the 1990s, Sandra Scarr provided research that partially validated and expanded on Winnicott’s ideas.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
He said that with closed-circuit cameras everywhere, any allegation of a security breach easily can be validated or disproved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Over the weekend, an uneasy ceasefire established itself across the Persian Gulf, suggesting Signum’s theories had been borne out and validated by events.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Reassuringly, the results had been validated theoretically by Oppenheimer, who was gratified that they undermined certain European theories of quantum dynamics with which he heartily disagreed.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
