vindicate
verb (used with object)
to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like.
are vindicating
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present progressiveof vindicate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Today, barnacles’ applications in forensics, conservation science, and biotechnology, where they inspire adhesives, are vindicating.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 23, 2023
But, adds Lidsky, who specializes in Internet law and the First Amendment, "It's a good thing to the extent people are vindicating their legal rights to the extent they didn't years ago."
From Time Magazine Archive
They fancy, no doubt, that they are vindicating the energies of Nature herself, and the inevitable necessity of "doing evil that good may come."
From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 by Dante Alighieri
All true Christian Scientists are vindicating, fearlessly and honestly, the Principle of this grand verity of Mind-healing.
From No and Yes by Mary Baker Eddy
"You are vindicating your own better sense," answered the rector, encouraging him to trample down his own imagination, with an Englishman's ready distrust of the noblest of the human faculties.
From Armadale by Wilkie Collins
