validate
verb (used with object)
to make valid; substantiate; confirm.
was validating
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past progressiveof validate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In the time between discovering and reporting the incident, OpenAI says it was validating and investigating the extent of the hack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
“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
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
By participating in the system at all, I was validating it, in some small way, and this was wrong, granted.
From Slate
