as in verifiable
capable of being proven as true or real
as a serious scientist, she is only interested in demonstrable phenomena
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Recent Examples of demonstrable
Such a license requires that applicants have demonstrable skills needed to operate the trucks on highways and city streets.
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
On track for 2030 Thus, China's space program is making demonstrable progress in all three of the major elements of its lunar program: the large rocket to launch a crew spacecraft, which will carry humans to lunar orbit, plus the lander that will take astronauts down to the surface and back.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2025
Expanding direct cash supports, such as child tax credits, has demonstrable effects (and even figures like Vice-President J. D. Vance have endorsed this).
—Idrees Kahloon, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Regular updates, transparent communication and demonstrable wins keep stakeholders invested throughout the journey.
—Kerry Brown, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
On track for 2030 Thus, China's space program is making demonstrable progress in all three of the major elements of its lunar program: the large rocket to launch a crew spacecraft, which will carry humans to lunar orbit, plus the lander that will take astronauts down to the surface and back.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2025
Expanding direct cash supports, such as child tax credits, has demonstrable effects (and even figures like Vice-President J. D. Vance have endorsed this).
—Idrees Kahloon, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Regular updates, transparent communication and demonstrable wins keep stakeholders invested throughout the journey.
—Kerry Brown, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demonstrable
Adjective
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Without verifiable provenance, companies risk losing access to increasingly environmentally and socially sensitive customers.—
Brendon Grunewald,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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This dash of skepticism is welcome, in the cauldron brew of the Marlovian legend, yet even Kuriyama is faced with certain details, at once verifiable and highly suggestive, that float in the murk.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There are no score sheets or empirical grading systems employed.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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The migration from consensus to empirical validation is an inevitability.—
Benjamin D. Summers,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Demonstrable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demonstrable. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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