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Check girl I'm seeing! (8)

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I believe the answer is:

validate

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'check' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'girl i'm seeing' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'girl' could be 'valida' and 'valida' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'te' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for validate that I've seen before include "Corroborate" , "Confirm or authenticate" , "Declare legally acceptable" , "Prove" , "Confirm correctness of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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