as in obvious
not needing proof in order to be accepted
the self-evident truth that all people have the right of self-determination
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Recent Examples of self-evident
Each of them is more like functional art, as much to be admired as played, the time and effort required to produce such masterful designs self-evident.
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Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2026
Unless your dream in life is to become an executive-level cat-herder, the answer here is self-evident.
—Byron Hurd, The Drive, 19 Feb. 2026
That these sayings are meant to reflect something both deep and asinine about the film itself is self-evident.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2026
Digestive woes like constipation and diarrhea might be fairly obvious indicators that something is off, but there are plenty of others that are less self-evident—including the seven below.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 23 Jan. 2026
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Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2026
Unless your dream in life is to become an executive-level cat-herder, the answer here is self-evident.
—Byron Hurd, The Drive, 19 Feb. 2026
That these sayings are meant to reflect something both deep and asinine about the film itself is self-evident.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2026
Digestive woes like constipation and diarrhea might be fairly obvious indicators that something is off, but there are plenty of others that are less self-evident—including the seven below.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-evident
Adjective
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Feel free to cut off really obvious dead portions, then wait a month or two and look for possibly more decline.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2026
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Some people would argue that the basic apparatus of cinema — a camera that then flattens images into two dimensions to be projected on a screen — hasn’t changed much since the Lumière brothers, despite obvious technological advancements.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This ought to be axiomatic to anyone with even a rudimentary conception of American constitutionalism.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Dec. 2025
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But the appellate decision, which treated the absence of such immunity as almost axiomatic, reportedly angered John Roberts, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.—
Amy Davidson Sorkin,
New Yorker,
17 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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In practice, that misalignment is most evident at the factory level.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
18 Mar. 2026
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One place this shift is particularly evident is in theatrical gender play—specifically, in the significant number of women who played men’s roles on the nineteenth-century stage.—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Three weeks into the conflict, the toll is becoming apparent.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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The result is effortlessly chic, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the Lobby Bar—an understated name for such a striking space.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The greenery tightened, the road narrowed, and a block-long red wall emerged from the scrub, abrupt and unmistakable.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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Chavez’ enduring presence in the region is unmistakable and many communities will face tough choices about how to respond.—
Ryan Carter,
Daily News,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Self-evident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-evident. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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