as in verifiable
capable of being proven as true or real
the police have more than enough evidence to build a provable case against the accused
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Recent Examples of provable
Both must meet demanding performance standards, operate on efficient edge-compute systems, deliver provable safety, and scale in a commercially viable way.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 7 Jan. 2026
Comey was indicted on two of three counts sought by Halligan just three days after her appointment -- after ABC News reported she was given a memo by career prosecutors in the office informing her that there was no provable case against Comey.
—ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
Gruenke concluded that one of the allegations, involving eye procedures, was prosecutable and that other allegations from the animal rights groups were not provable.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
This would move us from probabilistic trust to mathematical certainty, transforming cryptographic assurance into a provable, unassailable fact.
—Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 7 Jan. 2026
Comey was indicted on two of three counts sought by Halligan just three days after her appointment -- after ABC News reported she was given a memo by career prosecutors in the office informing her that there was no provable case against Comey.
—ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
Gruenke concluded that one of the allegations, involving eye procedures, was prosecutable and that other allegations from the animal rights groups were not provable.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
This would move us from probabilistic trust to mathematical certainty, transforming cryptographic assurance into a provable, unassailable fact.
—Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for provable
Adjective
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Islamabad says its military operations will continue until Kabul takes verifiable steps to curb the TTP and other militants operating from its territory.—
Abdul Qahar Afghan,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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These phrases often signal values rather than verifiable environmental outcomes.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Once your film already has the demonstrable artifice of re-enactments, why bother with the faux authenticity of reconstructed narration?—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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Qualifying is also relatively simple, too, as borrowers will need a balance over $7,500, approximately, a demonstrable hardship underlining their inability to pay and a recorded history of being behind on payments.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Given the Restaurants are all in various stages, the timelines for each are not confirmable at this time.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
14 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Second, those reasonable judgments are based on empirical projections, involving the capacities and likely performance of various institutions; though reasonable, the projections may not always be right.—
Cass Sunstein,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
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Does the empirical research match up with that common conception?—
Catherine A. Sanderson,
The Conversation,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Provable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provable. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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