How to Use validate in a Sentence

validate

verb
Definition of validatenext
Synonyms for validatenext
  • A judge still needs to validate the election.
  • The court validated the contract.
  • The decline in sales only validated our concerns.
  • Customs officers validated our passports.
  • Scan your ticket to validate at the kiosk on the first floor near the book checkout counter.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
  • But please, please, from the bottom of my heart — do not validate Ryan Reynolds in this way.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2023
  • What else validates the price of gold and the original CPI method?
    — Bob Haber, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The task is not to beat back the anxious feelings but to feel and validate them and then work them into the world.
    — Heather Hansman, Outside Online, 18 June 2022
  • But some states go a step further and use their own labs to validate the results.
    — Ryan Randazzo, AZCentral.com, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Still, Miller doesn’t need the season-ending award to validate his first year as a pro.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2024
  • That’s probably been one of the most validating parts of it for me.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Sowers, 25, the lacrosse star, seemed to validate this concern.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Nikki’s kind of a terror and wants to be a rock star so bad to validate him as a human being, right?
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 13 July 2022
  • So what’s been validating to me is to see the work come together over that number of years.
    — Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2023
  • However, Bronny impressed enough in his pre-draft workouts to validate his place in the league in the eyes of some scouts.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 June 2024
  • One of the threads for me for all those years of listening was that all humans are looking to be validated.
    — Kate Tuttle, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
  • There were so many moments that were really validating in terms of how much the cast loved it.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The 388 names were compiled by the FBI and deemed validated with first and last names, county officials said.
    — Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Experts said the killing of al-Zawahri doesn't validate Biden's pullout from Afghanistan.
    — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2022
  • In a way, that instinct was always there—it’s just been validated deeply.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
  • This was a validating triumph for the Ravens’ front office almost as much as for the players and coaches.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2024
  • And now there’s proof, or at least an academic study — from UCLA, no less — that validates what wide receivers have said all along.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • How, without validating George Orwell’s axiom that the quickest way to end a war is to lose it?
    — George F. Will, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
  • But the hope of some immigration activists is that Democrats start to respond in ways that don't validate the attacks.
    — Rick Klein, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The study should be validated in other countries, the researchers write.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2024
  • There are no news media reports that validate the claim either.
    — Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 14 July 2022
  • To validate the Shibumi hype even more, assembly and teardown were quick and easy, and the sound of the canopy flapping in the wind made our beach days even more relaxing.
    — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2023
  • The Nittany Lions won the games they were expected to this year but would like to finish with a top-10 triumph to validate their season.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Adobe validates whether an image’s metadata is the original to help users know if it has been changed, Rao said.
    — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • His debut single would quickly validate their decision.
    — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2024

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