can i re-use validator instance in the controller ?

i use ajax to send my request , and i want to format errors in special way (still jason though .. i want to change data structure of error and add some flags to it )

so since apparently $this->validate just would print out errors without my permission ! and i have no control over it , i have to use static method of validator

$whitelist = [
    'title'=>'required',
    'slug'=>'present' ,
    'text'=>'present'
];

$validation = Validator::make($request->all(), $whitelist);
if($validation->fails())
{
    format_output_likeIwant($validation->messages()->messages());
}

$another_whitelist = [
    'some_other_info'=>'required',
];

just out of curiosity , is there any way for me to validate my $another_whitelist with my existing instance ? or should i create a new instance of validator for each list ?

btw reason for having 2 different validation array is , i'm using this whitelists/arrays to populate my model instance before save/update in database and avoid writing lots of extra code in case of big tables.. 2 list here belong to different model/tables (see here for example)

i've looked in the laravel documentation , it seems all of the examples assume single validation list

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