How to Use vindicate in a Sentence
vindicate
verb
- He felt vindicated when the truth became known.
- Their approach to the problem has been vindicated by the positive results.
- She will be completely vindicated by the evidence.
- These discoveries vindicate their theory.
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Calls for the eight to be vindicated grew -- even in state media.
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Yong Xiong and Nectar Gan,
CNN,
3 Feb. 2020
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By the time the vote was over, Paxton was vindicated and the rain had stopped.
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Philip Jankowski,
Dallas News,
16 Sep. 2023
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Most requesters simply do not have the resources to vindicate their rights in court.
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Hillary Borrud | The Oregonian/oregonlive,
oregonlive,
11 Sep. 2019
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And risks to the downside could still vindicate Wall Street’s bears.
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Alexandra Semenova,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2023
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But Lari’s track record seems to vindicate the brashness of his youth.
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Andrada Fiscutean,
Ars Technica,
27 Aug. 2018
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Because my gift has taken me places that my past wouldn’t vindicate me for.
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Astrid Hacker,
The Courier-Journal,
22 Feb. 2018
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Her hunch was vindicated; the spectator was a plant sent by a far-right group.
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The Economist,
30 Jan. 2020
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For them the flooding was ordained by God, a sign that they were vindicated in a running feud with the team.
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Ismail Muhammad,
New York Times,
12 Sep. 2023
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Both say they will be vindicated when the complete set of text exchanges is revealed by police or in court.
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Sara Randazzo,
WSJ,
13 July 2018
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Attorneys for all three men say their clients are not guilty and that evidence will vindicate them.
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Essence,
24 June 2020
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The swift deposing of the Taliban appeared to vindicate Bush.
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Jordan Michael Smith,
The New Republic,
23 Aug. 2021
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Giuliani insists that Trump has done nothing wrong and will be vindicated in the end.
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Tessa Berenson,
Time,
7 June 2018
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That means that in many states, workers and their advocates are going to be looking to state courts to vindicate their rights.
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Gene Johnson,
Star Tribune,
5 Nov. 2020
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He’s been vindicated too many times to list here, but even the highlights are impressive.
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Michael Greshko,
National Geographic,
10 Feb. 2016
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Jonathon Bullard looks like he is set to vindicate himself from his rookie season.
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Brad Biggs,
chicagotribune.com,
24 Aug. 2017
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Yet Trump seized on its findings to declare he had been vindicated.
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BostonGlobe.com,
12 May 2018
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The new rise in racist rhetoric and violence certainly vindicates the boomers’ fight for civil rights.
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Leonard Pitts Jr - Miami Herald,
The Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2019
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That’s the case for Oklahoma to vindicate its power to tax and regulate.
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The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
26 Dec. 2021
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In court today, many women felt vindicated by the guilty verdict.
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Britni Danielle,
Essence.com,
26 Apr. 2018
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The case was settled out of court, with Dershowitz saying he had been vindicated.
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Julie K. Brown,
The Seattle Times,
4 Dec. 2018
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Ryan said the smartest thing for the president to do would be to let the investigation continue and be vindicated.
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Drew Vattiat,
OregonLive.com,
13 June 2017
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Holmes anticipated the use of free speech claims not to vindicate democracy but to disrupt it.
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John Fabian Witt,
The New Republic,
1 Oct. 2019
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Those who thought Alonso's power surge last year was a fluke may have felt vindicated by his slow start.
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Lawr Michaels,
USA TODAY,
29 May 2018
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But only the final tally will vindicate one strategy or the other.
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The Associated Press,
NOLA.com,
2 Nov. 2020
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That excitement must be vindicating, on some level, for the star.
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Vulture,
25 Aug. 2023
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And while the lone spearman's attack may have been futile at the time, the tactic has been since been vindicated by history.
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David Grossman,
Popular Mechanics,
14 Jan. 2019
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