A validated claim.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used with object), : Time validated our suspicions. ,to validate a passport.    From Dictionary.com. 

Many of the players agreed Saturday's title validated the years they'd spent on the softball fields.    From Wordnik.com.  [seMissourian.com Headlines] Reference

Still, Woods considered his performance again validated his decision to retool his swing during the last two seasons.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Campbell bests faltering Goosen, surging Tiger at U.S. Open] Reference

The miserable work shift I had kind of validated my absences from telemarketing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Read It!] Reference

However, it does illustrate the kind of problems you get with these "validated" surveys.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hidden Bartle Type] Reference

Thank you both for your appreciation - if I was an Americain I believe I would be "validated".    From Wordnik.com.  [This Just In: BSNYC Slaycation Announcement! (and Friday Fun Qiuz)] Reference

Bear's fall "validated" her hard feelings, leaving no doubt in her mind that quitting was the right move.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bear's Fall Especially Brutal for Employees] Reference

And I think that events have kind of validated that, in fact, we would be in a much better place if he had not been re - elected.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2008] Reference

The Riders had to travel almost four kilometers from the harbor lock to reach the place where the trellises would be "validated".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fire Upon the Deep]

As my sister-in-law therapist says, I have been "validated".    From Wordnik.com.  [Silicon Valley Moms Blog] Reference

The hiring by Al Davis further "validated" that perception in public eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [GeekMBA360] Reference

So there it is; a list of all my "validated" email addresses collected into a single file.    From Wordnik.com.  [Linux Gazette] Reference

It's my second semester, really, in law school and it kind of validated the first semester.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference

We proudly highlight two partners who developed "validated" training products for this exam.    From Wordnik.com.  [Site Home] Reference

In the past, Microsoft has often "validated" markets and ideas that others have created first.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNET News.com] Reference

He has "validated" over 53 measurements of the human body and correlated them with specific qualities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Modern Mechanix] Reference

Knowledge can't be "validated" without this extended family vetting research for truthiness, he writes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Register] Reference

Roger thought that this was a horrible thing because it "validated" the death penalty advocates position.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

This limbs, fractures, urinary stones was 'validated' by British scholars and even plastic surgery. in 1999.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

They wouldn't run her stories unless they had been "validated," by appearing first in the Times or the Washington Post.    From Wordnik.com.  [PopMatters] Reference

Total disregard for human life, happiness and fulfillment all "validated" by some "higher purpose" - that was Stalinism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spokesman.com: Latest stories] Reference

Tonight, Tripping.com is launching an experiment where it will actually interview users who want to earn their "validated".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNET News.com] Reference

So, you know, it was reassuring to hear that and I can say it, it is kind of validated the course that we are on and we are sticking to it.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

The agency validated the responses it received from us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ahmadinejad’s Nuclear Offer] Reference

All my concerns and complaints were suddenly validated.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Deceptive Disease] Reference

I always wanted to be recognized and validated as a kid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Movies: Vin-Dicated] Reference

Last week their claims were validated in devastating detail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Damned--But Defiant] Reference

Clearly he believed the archeology had validated the tradition.    From Wordnik.com.  [MAIL CALL: ARCHEOLOGY OR FAITH?] Reference

Our preliminary results should be validated with a larger sample size.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is That A Phone In Your Pocket?] Reference

But you do not keep on validating something that has already been validated.    From Wordnik.com.  ['No Playing Games'] Reference

As long as you're a validated conservative, you can say just about anything and get away with it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Between The Lines Online: Falwell's Still In Business] Reference

And with no controls on the experiments, any results they yield cannot be scientifically validated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biosphere Ii: Science Or Showmanship?] Reference

An event of this magnitude can be validated only by a superpower, and there is just one nation left that fits that description.    From Wordnik.com.  [They've Got A Deal!] Reference

Both are reasonable suspicions, but neither has been validated -- and despite years of controversy, neither has been disproved.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hepatitis C: The Insidious Spread Of A Killer Virus] Reference

So young men are torn between the fulfillment of being a caring father and the knowledge that that's not validated in the culture.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Time, A ‘Backlash’ For Guys] Reference

And it has validated CEO Jorma Ollila's early insight that consumers would treat their phones as fashion accessories as well as tools.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bigger, Better, Brighter] Reference

"Not only have we validated and emboldened our enemies, but we have shamed our friends," says an embittered U.S. State Department official.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wars Through Arab Eyes] Reference