validation
noun
val·i·da·tion
ˌva-lə-ˈdā-shən 
: an act, process, or instance of validating
especially
: the determination of the degree of validity of a measuring device
Examples of validation in a Sentence
I'm afraid we cannot act on your claim without validation.
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Instant social gratification and self-worth validation are among the most common motivations for using dating apps.
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Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Early validation came not just from internal success, but from Snowflake itself and its other enterprise clients.
—Peter High, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
But a child who feels pressured to be perfect is often driven by a fear of failure and a deep need for external validation.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 17 Apr. 2025
Black Mirror’s most effective episodes use their high-concept premises to explore people’s hunger for connection and validation, and how our increasingly tech-forward, capitalistic world can stretch those human impulses to the limit for better or (almost always) worse.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 17 Apr. 2025
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Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Early validation came not just from internal success, but from Snowflake itself and its other enterprise clients.
—Peter High, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
But a child who feels pressured to be perfect is often driven by a fear of failure and a deep need for external validation.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 17 Apr. 2025
Black Mirror’s most effective episodes use their high-concept premises to explore people’s hunger for connection and validation, and how our increasingly tech-forward, capitalistic world can stretch those human impulses to the limit for better or (almost always) worse.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for validation
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“Validation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/validation. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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