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as in demonstrated
to show the existence or truth of by evidence
the prosecutor used DNA evidence to prove the defendant's guilt
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as in emerged
to come to be
the new automobile engine design proved impractical
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as in established
to gain full recognition or acceptance of
proved herself a great actress on the Broadway stage
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Recent Examples of proved
George Avalos, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
Good teams get the job done with no empathy and little fuss, but a run of five victories in six fixtures in all competitions proved misleading.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Despite some early lowlights in short-yardage situations, Dowdle proved to be the right choice against Green Bay as the game went on.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2025
Saturday's game at Memorial Stadium in Clemson proved to be a dramatic affair filled with momentum swings.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
This year, Heidi Klum’s daughter Leni Klum followed in her mom’s Halloween-loving footsteps — and proved that the apple doesn’t fall far from the spooky tree — by going all-out with her elaborate costume.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
Age proved to be a crucial issue ahead of the 2024 presidential election, undermining former President Joe Biden's bid for reelection as political rivals and many voters expressed concerns over his health and his fitness for office.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
At the time that the cut was identified, researchers proposed that the mark proved that First Peoples butchered ancient megafauna.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Working on the Malaysian-Italian co-production proved revelatory, offering Fan insight into different approaches to storytelling and performance.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
The court fights all proved futile, however.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
But the original plan for an open-air rooftop bar proved too open-air in Texas weather.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
Good teams get the job done with no empathy and little fuss, but a run of five victories in six fixtures in all competitions proved misleading.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Despite some early lowlights in short-yardage situations, Dowdle proved to be the right choice against Green Bay as the game went on.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2025
Saturday's game at Memorial Stadium in Clemson proved to be a dramatic affair filled with momentum swings.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
This year, Heidi Klum’s daughter Leni Klum followed in her mom’s Halloween-loving footsteps — and proved that the apple doesn’t fall far from the spooky tree — by going all-out with her elaborate costume.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
Age proved to be a crucial issue ahead of the 2024 presidential election, undermining former President Joe Biden's bid for reelection as political rivals and many voters expressed concerns over his health and his fitness for office.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
At the time that the cut was identified, researchers proposed that the mark proved that First Peoples butchered ancient megafauna.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Working on the Malaysian-Italian co-production proved revelatory, offering Fan insight into different approaches to storytelling and performance.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proved
Adjective
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And this eventually kills the tree, and there's no proven treatment to cure it.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
15 Oct. 2025
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There’s no proven best time of day to consume coconut water.—
Kelly Burch,
Verywell Health,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In a recent paper published in the journal Applied Thermal Engineering, Graffiedi demonstrated that high electric fields can boost CHF and enable gravity-independent boiling — vital for electric vehicles and high-performance computing.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Dodgers, likewise, demonstrated a level of depth and cohesion that went beyond numbers.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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People haven’t emerged from their houses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Soeren Stache | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Microsoft is giving employees a way to raise concerns about the uses of its technology after controversy emerged over the company's work in the Middle East.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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If successful, Proposition 50 would ditch a nonpartisan commission California voters established via a 2010 ballot initiative that draws those district boundaries.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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After joining Harvard’s faculty, Morgan established the Hip Hop Archive and Research Institute in 2007, recognizing the genre’s deep intellectual and cultural value at a time when few in academia did.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Across the developed world, governments restricted mobility, closed businesses, and froze entire sectors.—
Ugo Troiano,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
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The United States has long had a gun violence problem unique to the developed world.—
Time,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Advertisement Adams’ blog posts later evolved into daily videos shared on Periscope, which became an official video podcast in 2018.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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Rodrik’s thinking about the global economy has evolved.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Granted, the sample size was very small, but Suzuki showed the team enough to trust in him moving forward.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Drone footage showed catastrophic flooding that turned streets into rivers, submerged homes and overturned cars as Typhoon Kalmaegi, known locally as Tino, dumped more than a month’s worth of rain in only 24 hours in some areas.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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But Washington has been watching closely as both countries continue to develop and test advanced weapons capable of delivering nuclear warheads.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Even his portrayal of a man with advanced dementia, in The Father (2020), which won the Academy Award for Best Actor, emitted a disconcerting power.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Proved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proved. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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