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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Chapman followed with an RBI single, and the crowd cheered as many fans jumped to their feet in obvious relief.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The voice on Lars’s tablet insisted that teaching was one of the most obvious tasks to delegate to humanoids.—
Alexandra Petri,
The Atlantic,
27 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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Ri’s process is evident in the surfaces themselves — scratched, layered, built up, and worn down.—
Olga Garcia-Mayoral,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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Wilson’s Defense of Batula Amid Kyle Cooke Drama Wilson’s closeness to Batula was already evident to viewers this season, particularly during a tense on‑camera argument between Batula and Cooke that escalated late one night.—
Jenni Fink,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Then Evans made another 3, prompting Pitino to turn his back in apparent disbelief.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The White House’s inability to grasp the agency of others — its apparent lack of a theory of mind for everyone outside its walls — gives Democrats, especially, a distinct advantage.—
Jamelle Bouie,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The point of dropping bombs in Cuba, then, wouldn’t be to subdue the Cuban armed forces so much as to produce a visible, unmistakable rupture—a before and after that Trump can point to.—
Quico Toro,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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The message to investors is unmistakable.—
Jeff Coller,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Self-evident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-evident. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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