Sample Sentences for
validate
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    My poor child has given herself over to fear, and that fear has made her desperate to validate her misperceptions.  (source)
    validate = find evidence to support
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    I've spoken with Ms. Gold, and we think your mother has somehow cooked up this plan—this institution thing—to somehow validate everything she's ever done to you.  (source)
    validate = give evidence to support
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    The pursuit of knowledge, he maintained, was a worthy objective in its own right and needed no external validation.  (source)
    validation = approval
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    They didn't look for validation or recognition.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    The effort to validate the handwritten will of Seth Hubbard continued to unravel late Sunday morning, though Jake and its proponents had no way of knowing it.†  (source)
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    As Aunt Theodosia got closer to the part about her surprise and joy over receiving this medal--which validated her service as an exemplary missionary in the King's colony--DuBoyce's foot began to pat the floor rapidly and uncontrollably.  (source)
    validated = gave evidence for the value of
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    If nothing else validates the decency of that man, then the story of Jessie Klines will.†  (source)
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    I also think my brother and sister are starting to appreciate what I do, which is validating in a way.†  (source)
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    And I want him to have validation that this year was a triumph for him.†  (source)
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    Amahl had contacts with a certain customs officer who agreed to validate the American passports we had obtained through the Swiss Embassy.†  (source)
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    She nods, validated.†  (source)
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    And knowing that the memory is real somehow validates that I was someone else before I was me.†  (source)
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    I say that justice has been perverted here from the outset, validating without question certain prejudices against the color of a man's skin.†  (source)
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