demonstrate
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To demonstrate a possible real-world use, the researchers made a wearable plastic electrode from the living material.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
The goals of that test were essentially to demonstrate the new designs in flight.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
The states eventually may have to demonstrate that the Justice Department should not have approved the Paramount-Warner merger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
“We will vigorously defend the transaction and demonstrate that this challenge is inconsistent with sound competition policy and the competitive realities of the media marketplace,” a Paramount representative said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
He tabulated the chest breadth and height of 5,738 soldiers to demonstrate that chest size and height were distributed along smooth, continuous, bell-shaped curves.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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“Event Horizon” demonstrates a major theme in Neill’s most gruesome creature feature performances: the slow, onscreen transition from good to evil.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
“Today’s action demonstrates why thorough review, public scrutiny, and accountability matter.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The text also demonstrates "an interest in engaging Congress to broaden constituencies of support for the partnership", said Threlkeld.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
The fact that he lived to age 70 also demonstrates that he was able to support himself throughout his 60s without relying on Social Security.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
On the beach Captain Smith demonstrates to me how to clean the sword with a rag and sand—he says this sand is fine enough to do the job.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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A team at the University of Kentucky has now identified this damaging process for the first time and demonstrated a way to shut it down.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
You have demonstrated on the steps of the court to protect a system of laws and statutes and constitutional promises that has meaning for you and your families and your communities.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
There is plenty of wisdom in that, but more satisfaction, I think, in Emma Harte’s demonstrated rebuttal.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
"Not only has Glasgow and her citizens completely embraced the Games, but we have demonstrated our credentials as a world-class city," he declared.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Until Columbus demonstrated that classical geography was hopelessly misconceived, the assumption was that the arguments of the ancients needed to be interpreted, not challenged.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Whether or not you have years of experience is less important than demonstrating that you can hit the ground running.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Thuringia's Interior Minister Georg Maier urged protesters to stay peaceful, saying that "anyone demonstrating against a party they consider to be unconstitutional should not themselves act in a manner that is unconstitutional".
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
It was the year Glass wrote “Einstein on the Beach” and Steve Reich created “Music for 18 Musicians” — the composers’ first masterpieces — demonstrating that Minimalism mattered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Grant strengthened Reconstruction policies and fought the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, demonstrating that reconciliation required not only empathy but also a firm commitment to protecting constitutional principles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
It would still be daylight, and if they showed up in the daylight, they would be demonstrating that they weren’t afraid of us, that we couldn’t protect the village.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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