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as in credibility
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as in applicability
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Recent Examples of validity
Objections are filed when someone, typically connected to an opposing campaign, challenges the validity of a nominating petition in an effort to remove a candidate from the ballot.
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Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
But the Milan court found that evidence cited during recent proceedings undermined the document's validity.
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Anna Matranga,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
This has now been questioned, with the attorney assigned to handle the foreclosure questioning the validity of the judgment.
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Adam England,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
Despite the immense power of these evaluations, judges, attorneys and researchers have spent decades questioning the validity of psychologists’ determinations in custody disputes.
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Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
4 June 2026
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Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
But the Milan court found that evidence cited during recent proceedings undermined the document's validity.
—
Anna Matranga,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
This has now been questioned, with the attorney assigned to handle the foreclosure questioning the validity of the judgment.
—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
Despite the immense power of these evaluations, judges, attorneys and researchers have spent decades questioning the validity of psychologists’ determinations in custody disputes.
—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
4 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for validity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for validity
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Instead, candidates’ positions on Israel and Gaza, like pledging to cosponsor legislation cutting off some weapons to Israel, are emerging as more of a credibility test, progressives said.
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The frontier model business, which attracted billions in capital on the premise that raw intelligence would be the moat, is facing a structural credibility problem.
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Set that against Microsoft's research mapping AI applicability across occupations, which scores knowledge and information work highest and physical labor lowest, and an unnerving pattern surfaces.
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Still, the study's large sample size -- more than 11,000 participants -- and diverse participant population may help strengthen the findings and their applicability across different groups.
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Opinions from the Board of Immigration Appeals and two other federal courts of appeals reflect the soundness of DHS's legal position.
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Services will range from individual wellness and sick-patient examinations to routine herd healthcare, breeding soundness exams, pregnancy examinations, on-farm consultations, lameness evaluations and certificates of veterinary inspection, A-State said.
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Four years after the Juan Soto trade, the two former Padres draftees have helped Washington return to relevance.
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The lesson is that without internal logic, any story will lose its believability and, with it, its appeal.
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Yes, the glossy aesthetic occasionally dulls the impact of the director’s more tactile sensibilities, and a few script contrivances stretch believability.
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If the Mets are looking to charge back into relevancy — in some fashion despite being trade deadline sellers — Lindor will need to return in vintage form to charge the clubhouse.
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Cultural relevancy requires topical commentary, a point of view, and an audience hungry for what a host and their guests have to say about what’s going on in the world.
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Additional laser pulses reveal how much the ion’s quantum state has changed, allowing researchers to calculate the strength of the surrounding electric field.
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The link held even after accounting for traditional risk factors, though the strength varied by racial and ethnic group, a gap researchers say still needs further study before firm conclusions can be drawn about why.
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His latest work, The Urgency of Indigenous Values—available via JSTOR’s Path to Open program—not only examines the origins, wisdom, and pertinence of Haudenosaunee beliefs, but also confronts the inherent limitations of such examination.
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Shackleton has some pertinence for fans of Apple TV’s sci-fi alternate-history series For All Mankind, in which prospectors from the United States and the Soviet Union compete for water resources inside the crater.
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“Validity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/validity. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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