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revalidate

American  
[ree-va-li-dayt] / riˈvæ lɪˌdeɪt /

verb (used with object)

revalidated, revalidating
  1. to validate or certify (a permit, contract, or the like) again.

  2. to confirm again the validity of.


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ObamaCare requires states to revalidate all of their Medicaid providers at least once every five years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

National Highways said motorists with accounts for using the Dartford Crossing had been told to revalidate their card details in July 2023.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2024

Site visits and background checks with fingerprinting are now required for high-risk behavioral health providers when they enroll or revalidate.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

“We needed to revalidate things like distribution lists and make sure we have appropriately modernized our requirements,” the Defense Department official said.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 5, 2023

“We certainly support any additional testing to once again revalidate the safety.”

From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 3, 2011

Georgia has revalidated only 11.4% of its providers in the last year, so it’s unlikely to meet the five-year mandate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

National Highways confirmed Mr Randall "did have an account, his payment method was revalidated, and subsequent payments were successful, however his bank rejected a later payment".

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2024

Plueger said Airbus has revalidated all its orders and though some may fall away in the year ahead, he has “a high degree of confidence” that most of them will stay solid.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2020

The child’s visa became useless when the restrictions went into effect, but has since been revalidated under a court order temporarily halting enforcement of the restrictions. 

From Reuters ● Feb. 6, 2017

“Every military leader would want to have the conditions on the ground and the assumptions be revalidated as a transition takes place,” Dunford said.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 17, 2014

While revalidating providers won’t uncover all frauds, it could “deter criminal actors from continuing their fraud schemes.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

At the same time that we were revalidating each of the strains in our collection, two of the postdocs also investigated the processing and secretion of Ax21 using alternative approaches and more sensitive methods.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 10, 2013

Angered that a European missionary might dismiss traditions that he had never witnessed, N'donazi began to direct his energies toward revalidating the healing wisdom of Central African tribes.

From Time Magazine Archive

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