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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
validate . - adjective Declared or made
valid . - adjective Having experienced emotional
validation .
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- adjective declared or made legally valid
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Examples
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He lowered his ERA to 3.73 for the year with one start remaining, again validated his belief he should never have had to sign a minor league deal back in late February.
Livan Hernandez hits 200 innings Adam Kilgore 2010
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Still, Woods considered his performance again validated his decision to retool his swing during the last two seasons.
USATODAY.com - Campbell bests faltering Goosen, surging Tiger at U.S. Open 2005
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For Garcia, winning the state title validated the beliefs he and his coaches, including Windsor coach Monte Trusty, had in him all along.
Greeley Tribune - Top Stories John Livingston 2010
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Many of the players agreed Saturday's title validated the years they'd spent on the softball fields.
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Otto's title validated by Innocent (1201); assassination of Philip (1208); imperial coronation of Otto (1209); papal break with Otto (1210) and support of Frederick (with Philip II); Frederick's second election (1211) and dash to Germany.
1186 2001
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That means you have to build the national collection around art that is by definition validated – and more expensive.
A legacy Turner would have approved of | Charles Saatchi 2012
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The “offended” woman had *her* rights of expression validated, while the patriot had hers invalidated.
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No matter what changes either side of the spectrum makes to its presentation, the people who witness the changes will only have their opinions more strongly validated, which is why they watch or listen to who they watch or listen to in the first place.
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If we vote for Obama, that anti-democratic process -- where party officials decided early in the process, based on rules and exceptions to the rules, who they wanted to win -- then that anti-democratic process will be validated, which is, to my mind, the worst thing that can happen.
John Tomasic: Hell No: P.U.M.A. Spokesman Will Bower on Post-Clinton Party Unity 2008
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Curran said detectives believe that the motive for the shooting was gang-related, and that Gutierrez and Gonzalez were identified as validated gang members.
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