How to Use validation in a Sentence

validation

noun

• I'm afraid we cannot act on your claim without validation.
• To have the actor say yes to that is such a validation.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 7 Apr. 2022
• That puts a big question in my mind as to the validation of the rankings.
  — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2021
• The data should be a means to an end, though, not a source of validation in its own right.
  — Samantha Kleinberg, STAT, 8 Jan. 2024
• The bump in sales is a validation of Amazon’s changes to this year’s Prime Day.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 13 July 2023
• Or is validation enough that this is the right battle to choose?
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022
• This seems to bond them, giving validation that the job is hard.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2022
• To be on the top 10 list of IMDb is a massive validation of the film’s reception.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
• And Teck likes it too, so that's all the validation Derrick needs.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 18 Nov. 2021
• Even 30 years later, that moment and the sense of validation that came with it has stayed with me.
  — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
• That must be some kind of career validation, that maybe the biggest new pop star in the world the past year or so is a fan of your band.
  — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2022
• So, too, did William lack the validation his mother longed to see.
  — V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2021
• Then there are politicians like Vance who need the crowd more than the crowd needs him — its approval and its validation.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
• Yet this is also a rather normal part of teen and young-adult life: the desire for validation and the need to fit in among one’s peers.
  — WSJ, 15 Mar. 2022
• This win was validation for all the knocks and slights the Bengals have been receiving since May.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 23 Jan. 2023
• But the below tips may give you some ideas—or validation.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 8 Mar. 2024
• The selling point here seems to be more about comfort and validation.
  — New York Times, 14 Dec. 2021
• Despite the hype, there still are only wisps of validation in this space.
  — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 1 Dec. 2023
• To give validation to your feelings that push you to improve your life.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
• On the dark side, the strength behind Leo’s sense of self can lead to arrogance and a need for constant validation.
  — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
• Being a part of Canada's Drag Race is a form of validation.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2021
• Stick with your plans, because the new Moon of the 15th brings wonderful validation.
  — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2023
• Facing a winless Lions team, the Bengals got more validation that Chase was the right choice with the No. 5 pick.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2021
• In other words, trust in the process of seeking validation.
  — Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
• Those are just a few coaches over the last week or so -- validation from Bickerstaff’s peers that the Cavs are doing things the right way.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 23 Nov. 2021
• But after the rough and tumble of his tenure, Klain took the midterm results as validation.
  — Katie Rogers, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
• In that case, the validation for your daughter would be the end of the conversational line.
  — Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2022
• To be able to become part of that was a big validation exercise.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2021
• Safi is a twisted reflection of what Max could become, power-hungry and desperate for validation from a world that Safi feels has forgotten about her existence.
  — Ryan Easby, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
• The clip quickly went viral, with countless comments from other women who found validation in Friedman's narrative, or could otherwise relate.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Jan 2025