provably
adverb
prov·ably
ˈprü-və-blē 
: in a way that can be proved
provably false/true
Pate's embrace of voter ID was similarly focused on addressing a problem that doesn't provably exist to any significant degree.—
Philip Bump
Philip BumpExamples of provably in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
There’s a separate section for dice games like craps, a separate section of the live dealer action, and a separate section for provably fair games.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2024
Anyone who dumps all of biological science in favor of provably wrong antiscience should raise alarm bells in your head, and their claims should be examined with an even more skeptical eye.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2011
But such beauty harbors unanswerable questions—ones that are, as mathematician Robert Berger stated in 1966, provably unprovable.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2023
Thanks to NFTs, artists now have a way to offer one-of-a-kind original masters of their music, videos and other works, which are publicly and provably authenticated by the original artist themselves.
—Tyler 'jett' Prescott, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2021
Not least of these is that code can be produced in a way that is provably correct.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2021
Emerging regulations may dictate how the customer data is stored and transferred, whether consent is needed before the data is collected, and whether the tool is provably fair in its predictions.
—Beena Ammananth, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2023
This is all easily, provably false.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 7 June 2022
Earlier this year, the Israeli government enlisted the help of the Manhattan district attorney’s office to make the case that the coin was provably stolen.
—Graham Bowley, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2022
Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2024
Anyone who dumps all of biological science in favor of provably wrong antiscience should raise alarm bells in your head, and their claims should be examined with an even more skeptical eye.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2011
But such beauty harbors unanswerable questions—ones that are, as mathematician Robert Berger stated in 1966, provably unprovable.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2023
Thanks to NFTs, artists now have a way to offer one-of-a-kind original masters of their music, videos and other works, which are publicly and provably authenticated by the original artist themselves.
—Tyler 'jett' Prescott, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2021
Not least of these is that code can be produced in a way that is provably correct.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2021
Emerging regulations may dictate how the customer data is stored and transferred, whether consent is needed before the data is collected, and whether the tool is provably fair in its predictions.
—Beena Ammananth, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2023
This is all easily, provably false.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 7 June 2022
Earlier this year, the Israeli government enlisted the help of the Manhattan district attorney’s office to make the case that the coin was provably stolen.
—Graham Bowley, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2022
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“Provably.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/provably. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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