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as in credibility
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as in applicability
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Recent Examples of validity
The Heritage report attempts to cast doubt on the validity of decades of science by, in part, arguing that studies linking air pollution to health effects fail to prove causation, because they’re not randomized or controlled.
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Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
This includes ensuring the availability, quality, and validity of a comprehensive dataset of customer perceptions, interactions, and the financial outcomes of their behavior.
—Forrester, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Judge’s ruling blocking Trump deportations is invalid, argues WSJ column: Dan Huff interview
Dan Huff, Senior Fellow at American Path Initiative, elaborates on his recent op-ed that challenges the validity of U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg’s deportation order.
—The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025
This type of setting could have helped even the most intransigent of scholars realize that reports of Khmer Rouge atrocities likely had validity.
—Ray Cavanaugh, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
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Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
This includes ensuring the availability, quality, and validity of a comprehensive dataset of customer perceptions, interactions, and the financial outcomes of their behavior.
—Forrester, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Judge’s ruling blocking Trump deportations is invalid, argues WSJ column: Dan Huff interview
Dan Huff, Senior Fellow at American Path Initiative, elaborates on his recent op-ed that challenges the validity of U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg’s deportation order.
—The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025
This type of setting could have helped even the most intransigent of scholars realize that reports of Khmer Rouge atrocities likely had validity.
—Ray Cavanaugh, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for validity
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Instead, choose two or three areas where your brand or institution has real credibility and focus relentlessly.—
Toby Wong,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Countries with independent central banks have greater credibility to stick to inflation targets and weather instability.—
The Editors,
National Review,
22 Apr. 2025
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But even during what in hindsight seems like the agency’s peak of relevance, a sense of unease and mounting scrutiny remained.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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No fin-de-siècle artist was more fascinated by the artistic relevance of gawkers on the streets of Paris than Félix Vallotton.—
Heather O’Donnell,
The New York Review of Books,
24 Apr. 2025
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With Haliburton, the two-time All-Star and Olympian, as its centerpiece, Indiana has roared back to relevancy, making the Eastern Conference finals last season and looking like a legit contender again on the eve of this season’s postseason.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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In the rarefied air of the National League, the major-market Cubs need to scrap their way back to relevancy.—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Today's demonstrations show the strength of our growing movement, powered by people of all walks of life coming together to demand investments in our communities, not more cages.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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The organization will have to rely on the overall strength of its 40-man roster and rework the bullpen on the fly.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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In other topics of pertinence, MIAA assistant director/wrestling liasion Phil Napolitano asked the committee members to stress to their districts the importance of entering results into FloArena as soon as possible.—
Danny Ventura,
Boston Herald,
16 Jan. 2025
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The pertinence of this story to current events will likely be the first thing anyone focuses on, and rightly so, but the directors also deserve credit for the film’s tightly coiled, deeply felt terror, panic, and betrayal. 32.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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The North Star Award is, NATPE said, for leaders who have had a bar-raising impact.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2025
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The difference in frequency is an indication of the impact of climate change.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
23 Apr. 2025
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Under normal circumstances a president’s personal relationships and opinions would have no bearing on a federal trial.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
14 Apr. 2025
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Almost all of the recorded incidents involve small, private aircraft, and have little bearing on the travel habits of the general population.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Validity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/validity. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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