vindicates

verb

Definition of vindicatesnext
present tense third-person singular of vindicate
1
as in acquits
to free from a charge of wrongdoing vowed that the evidence would completely vindicate him

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2
as in confirms
to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of recent discoveries have generally vindicated the physicist's theories

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  1. confirms
  2. verifies
  3. argues
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  • Other research confirms this, assigning sleep a pivotal role.
    Lieke ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter, activist and founding member of the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, died Tuesday, his representative confirms.
    Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of confirms
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  • Another disclosure verifies the borrower’s identity.
    Joshua Stein, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • California generally verifies the identities of mail voters through their signatures.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of verifies
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  • White argues that the crypto industry has become a re-creation of much of what its original ideology claimed to despise.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But Vanessa Cho, design partner at GV, Alphabet’s venture capital division, argues that’s the wrong way for founders to think about design.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 10 Dec. 2024
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