was validating
- past progressive of validate.
Example Sentences
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“It was validating to meet someone neutral, who knows about clocks. Not just a watchmaker, but a watchmaker’s watchmaker. For him to validate my grandfather meant a lot to me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024
Apple’s big push into the space was validating for Meta, signaling it wasn’t that crazy for being so bullish on the metaverse, but it instantly changed the social media giant’s role in the emerging space.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2023
As a dancer and member of Seattle Teen’s Summer Stage, seeing live theater as a budding youth artist was validating, he said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
Calandrelli said it was validating to know she wasn’t alone.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2022
"That was validating in itself to know that everything that my mother and I have done and spoke about actually had an effect on her."
From Fox News ● Jul. 1, 2021
