Definition of validation | Bee Dictionary of English

This performance may well provide the tiny bit of validation that fuels another decade of meaningless talent show crap, and Potts, who was singing for the Queen by year-end, is .
But their validation that Obama's brand of experience and his foreign policy vision make him qualified to lead America's military and protect the nation's national security .
Not every avant-garde FX masterpiece receives instant audience validation.

Steer Validation June 24
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June 19, 2013 - High Plains Observer
Mass-Spec-Training.com Adds Methods Validation Expert to August Mass Spectrometry Boot Camp
Dr. Shib Mookherjea to discuss LC-MS Methods Validation at 5-Day lecture and hands-on lab course. (PRWeb June 19, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10842356.htm
June 19, 2013 - PRWeb
Rose revels in validation of U.S. Open win
By Larry Fine ARDMORE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - After the touching salute to his father, the teary victory call to his mother back in England and the kiss of the silver trophy, Justin Rose treasured the validation of winning the U.S. Open for his first major championship. "The silverware and the history books are phenomenal, but it's about learning about yourself and how you can handle it," Rose ...
June 17, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Mel Karmazin in BusinessWeek
Liberty's investment is an important validation of what Sirius XM has already achieved and a vote of confidence in what we will achieve,Karmazin said in a statement.
Chipper Jones in USA Today
I don't doubt it,Jones said. "There's been a lot of validation to some of the things that Jose Canseco has said over the years. At first when it came out a lot of people didn't want to give him a lot of credit for it. But a lot of it has...
Tony Gwynn in SI.com
It's an unbelievable feeling to know that people think that what you did was worthy,Gwynn said. "For me, it's kind of validation. The type of player that I was doesn't get a whole lot of credit in today's game."