How to Use validity in a Sentence

validity

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  • If that’s the case, then one year is the length of prescription validity.
    — Nicole F. Roberts, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • There may be ways to defend Trump, or at least question the wisdom and validity of the charges.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2023
  • That scenario sounds a little too good to be true, but, so far, there is a least a tinge of validity to it.
    — WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The validity of such a measure would be challenged in court.
    — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Boy Willie and the validity of both of these arguments.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The ruling appears to be a big win for Costner considering that the validity of the prenup is up in the air.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 6 July 2023
  • Ho said further studies of the validity of the CLT are crucial.
    — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • What is the validity of a bill of sale, the novel poses, when any white con man can claim the nearest Black person as his own?
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
  • This method is used to eliminate bias and ensure the validity of the study results.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Again and again, the industry asks you to prove the validity of movies starring, made for, and made by people of color.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024
  • There may be some validity to the concerns, at least on Mondays.
    — Tracy Brower, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Venezuela has in turn questioned the validity of that ruling.
    — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2023
  • His stance on the validity of the 2020 election also appears to have shifted.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 10 Oct. 2022
  • But that law has been halted by courts amid litigation over the validity of the ban.
    — Alexandra Marquez, NBC News, 25 July 2023
  • Ahead of the news of their settlement, the exes were set to appear in court again this December to address the validity of their prenup.
    — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Trump has sought to sow doubt in the validity of the 2020 election, including in Milwaukee.
    — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Ramirez said the agency didn’t challenge the survey’s validity, and said the discussions were part of the streamlining process.
    — Sally Ho, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Question the validity of something someone close to you says.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Still, Ascension maintained the validity of the charges.
    — Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2024
  • GoFundMe confirmed the validity of the fundraising page.
    — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
  • In Coq, each step of the proof is essentially a program, and the proof’s validity is checked with type-checking algorithms.
    — Sheon Han, Quanta Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
  • There’s some validity to the idea that Green Book’s casual feel-goodism could be read as nostalgia for the good old days of rigid Black-and-white divisions.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 1 Oct. 2022
  • His attorneys have also questioned the validity of his confession and the DNA results tying him to the crime.
    — Andi Babineau, CNN, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The easiest way to go viral in the R&B space isn’t by dropping a new track or visual but to question its existence or validity.
    — Imani Mixon, Essence, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Sayed-Khaiyum questioned the validity of the internal voting which had led to one of the parties joining Rabuka's coalition.
    — Nick Perry, ajc, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Advocates say that left untaught, teens and young adults may turn to questionable sources, such as TikTok or YouTube videos, where the validity of the advice is murky at best.
    — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Privately, sales agents have convened their own legal teams to explore the validity of this.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Ahead of the news of their settlement, the exes were set to appear in court again this November to hash out the validity of their premarital agreement.
    — Elizabeth Leonard, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Their questions tested the validity of Patel’s claims and also sought to learn what, if any, process the Trump White House followed to declassify records.
    — Carol D. Leonnig, Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Nov. 2022
  • At a critical point during the protests, when the Supreme Court weighed in on the validity of the farm laws, the government told the justices that the protest had been infiltrated by Khalistanis.
    — Hartosh Singh Bal, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023

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