How to Use validate in a Sentence

validate

verb

• 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.
• All that will validate why the Suns didn’t give him the five-year max.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 20 Oct. 2021
• 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
• The initial findings seemed to validate the skin-in-the-game theory.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
• Sowers, 25, the lacrosse star, seemed to validate this concern.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2022
• Once on board, inspectors validate the pass by scanning the barcode in the app.
  — Blane Bachelor, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2021
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 13 July 2022
• The chaos that followed at the Kabul airport seemed to validate the concerns of Biden’s critics.
  — Edward Segal, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
• 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
• It’s not my job to validate how people feel about their bodies.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2021
• 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
• For the Chargers, a win would validate the team’s early success in Year 1 of Jim Harbaugh’s tenure.
  — Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
• 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
• Now, Brooks does her best to validate their experiences and build trust with them.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 8 Oct. 2021
• 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
• There’s something very validating about going through a struggle to get to the top somewhere and look down.
  — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
• Awards like the Globes and the Oscars are starting to further validate that attention.
  — Jamie Lang, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 26 Jan 2025