Example Sentences

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“It felt comforting knowing other people were validating my feelings and what I went through,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2025

She said the actions announced on Wednesday were validating for the school’s Jewish community.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022

They do have a step along the way where they were validating whether the vaccine was likely to work.

From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2020

Yet, in a bizarre twist, just as these other laboratories were validating our research, we were discovering reasons to question our own findings.

From Scientific American • Oct. 10, 2013

In their unselfconscious way, these friends were validating the Sea Ray's design�and having a great time doing it.

From Time Magazine Archive