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adjective

as in established

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verb

past tense of document
as in demonstrated
to show the existence or truth of by evidence he tried in vain to document a link between ancient civilizations and extraterrestrials

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Recent Examples of documented
Adjective
Each of the incidents cited by the Lula campaign has a direct and documented explanation, as described above. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
Between January and August, the United Nations documented more than 1,600 settler attacks causing injury or property damage. — Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026 Columnist Bill Plaschke wrote how a team with seemingly every advantage fell short, beat writer Maddie Lee documented what led to the demise, while columnist Bill Shaikin provided updates to several questions on the team’s future. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 Penix’s injury history, dating back to his college days, is well documented. — Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Changes the provider set out and documented at the original assessment don’t. — Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Jean-Pierre Laffont is a pioneering French-American photojournalist who documented pivotal moments of the 20th century. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 The small group documented Holmes in the month leading up to her 11-year prison sentence for wire fraud and defrauding investors in her tech start-up Theranos. — Jackson Murphy, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026 Photographer Federico Veronesi documented the moment and his striking image took top honors at 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026 Season 11 of the show documented the new mom tending to infant Kayden in Croatia as the boy’s father, Nathan Gallager, worked 18-hour days on a nearby superyacht, the Akira One. — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for documented
  1. established
  2. demonstrated
  3. actual
  4. proved
  5. real
  6. verifiable
  7. genuine
  8. reliable
Adjective
  • This latest round of funding supports an exciting range of projects from emerging creatives forging new paths to established voices exploring new creative territory.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Then, after weeks of sit-ins and marches, Dharmendra Pradhan, the education minister, stepped down, a rare blow to Modi’s government, and one that more established opposition parties had been unable to land.
    — Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of established
Verb
  • Submarine’s combat capabilities tested The launches demonstrated the submarine’s ability to engage targets at sea and on land while operating underwater in the Pacific Ocean.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The ceremony demonstrated the link between women’s economic empowerment and the prosperity, stability and security of broader communities.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of demonstrated
Adjective
  • Watching games with base runners, tough at-bats and actual strategy by managers is much more enjoyable than strikeouts and home runs with no one on base.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Desperate for actual contact with Holmes, Fielder has arranged to meet her briefly at the prison before Evans shows up.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of actual
Verb
  • Apple Vision Pro proved particularly useful for judging the scale of sets before physical construction.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, ceasefires have repeatedly proved fragile.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of proved
Adjective
  • From Saint Laurent’s opulent designs to Chanel’s beautiful beaded pieces, there was a real sense that more is more, with color featuring prominently across collections.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • There’s a real opportunity in the fourth episode to do something fun, or at least interesting, when Tyson convinces Russ to join him in smoking hallucinatory toad venom, but no flair or flourishes emerge.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of real
Adjective
  • Distinguished by Miles Davis’ award-winning jazz score, the film established both Malle and Moreau as verifiable talents.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The facility lacks a verifiable method that informs food employees of their responsibility to report their health status in regards to illnesses that can spread through food.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of verifiable
Adjective
  • As such, the greatest obstacle to genuine transformation is getting stuck in the planning cycle.
    — Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Notably, the new action comes about a month after UMG had sued DistroKid in September, claiming the company has helped empower bad actors to upload AI slop songs at mass scale, diluting the royalty pool for genuine artists.
    — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of genuine
Adjective
  • Democrats have circled Alaska, a typically reliable Republican state, as a winnable seat in their bid to flip the Senate in the 2026 midterm elections.
    — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Both problems threatened the precise control required for reliable quantum experiments.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of reliable

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“Documented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/documented. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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