provable
adjective
prov·able
ˈprü-və-bəl 
: able to be proved
a provable mathematical formula
Whether or not he was following any such directives may become provable as Moscow files are opened to scholars.—
Timothy J. Reiss
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provableness
noun
see also disprovable, unprovable
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Sports curses are as provable as an afterlife, a fun way for fans and media to explain a baffling series of events.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
Work your way up, start with the lower level, the most readily provable crimes, which of course are those of all the gazillions of people on videotape and audiotape easily identified committing crimes right in public with the attack on the Capitol, and then work your way up.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2023
The challenge for Smith will be to confine it to a few easily provable counts.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
Department guidelines call for prosecutors to seek a guilty plea to the most serious, readily provable count.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 22 June 2023
But once Crain gets those records, probable become provable and that would be the sort of thing that might get people fired.
—Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 26 June 2023
Justice Department plea guidelines call for the government to seek a guilty plea to the most serious readily provable offense.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 June 2023
While there is some very recent work on provable copyright protection for generative models, this area requires significantly more consideration, especially when the notion of a software bill of materials is in the air.
—Jaideep Vaidya, IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2023
In Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools, top officials decided that only students with a provable medical need will be able to learn online-only this school year.
—Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2021
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Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
Work your way up, start with the lower level, the most readily provable crimes, which of course are those of all the gazillions of people on videotape and audiotape easily identified committing crimes right in public with the attack on the Capitol, and then work your way up.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2023
The challenge for Smith will be to confine it to a few easily provable counts.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
Department guidelines call for prosecutors to seek a guilty plea to the most serious, readily provable count.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 22 June 2023
But once Crain gets those records, probable become provable and that would be the sort of thing that might get people fired.
—Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 26 June 2023
Justice Department plea guidelines call for the government to seek a guilty plea to the most serious readily provable offense.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 June 2023
While there is some very recent work on provable copyright protection for generative models, this area requires significantly more consideration, especially when the notion of a software bill of materials is in the air.
—Jaideep Vaidya, IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2023
In Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools, top officials decided that only students with a provable medical need will be able to learn online-only this school year.
—Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2021
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First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Provable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/provable. Accessed 8 Dec. 2023.
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