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verb

vindicate

CEFR C2

to clear someone of blame or suspicion

In a sentence

Six example sentences with vindicate, each labelled with its topic.

  • Three replications vindicated the graduate student whose results the department had quietly dismissed as sloppy work.

    Science

  • Documents opened in 1998 vindicated the engineer, showing he had warned his employers a year before the collapse.

    History

  • The coach was vindicated when the rookie he defended all season led the league in rebounds.

    Basketball

  • The appeal vindicated the clerk, who had spent three years under suspicion for a shortfall the audit finally traced elsewhere.

    Law

  • A second audit vindicated the manager, showing the missing stock had been mislabeled rather than taken.

    Business

  • The final reel vindicates the gardener, when a letter surfaces proving he was miles away when the vase was broken.

    Movies

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