demonstrate
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Protesters gather in San Antonio, Texas, on Aug. 28 to demonstrate against construction of a border wall in Big Bend National Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Before introducing restrictions, authorities must demonstrate that short-term rentals have had a significant adverse effect on housing affordability or availability for at least three years.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
"Ministers will need to demonstrate they are committed to delivering robust legislation without further delay," Burrows added.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
And before hiring new employees, teams would have to demonstrate that they couldn’t get the job done with AI instead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
“I should have played here as my sealed move,” said Spassky, moving a little plastic piece and trying to demonstrate how he might have held on to the game.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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“The scale and the systematic nature of the looting demonstrates this is no longer an isolated or opportunistic case,” he said, “but rather a broader illicit trade taking Sudan’s cultural identity and historical legacy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Can a repugnant act really dull the exquisite beauty of art, and if so, can that beauty return if the artist demonstrates remorse?
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
The stipulation demonstrates the pull that Musk has with investors eager to put their money behind the tech billionaire, who also runs Tesla and SpaceX.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The collaboration demonstrates the scientific potential of combining highly sensitive radio observations with enormous optical spectroscopy surveys.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Urging the urban poor—or anyone—to live up to their highest ideals and values is a good thing, as it demonstrates confidence in the ability of all people to stretch, grow, and evolve.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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In a school for the deaf in Kenya, children signed their excitement as a team demonstrated how a robotic arm could revolutionise their studies.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
He said there were "lots of variables" in public finances and that the SNP had demonstrated they could balance the budget through challenges including Brexit, the Covid pandemic and the financial crash.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Researchers demonstrated PACMAN's flexibility in five experiments using the DOE's DIII-D National Fusion Facility tokamak in San Diego.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Yehuda Cohen Tzedek, a 29-year-old former Hilltop Youth, demonstrated how people at outposts use nail guns to call for help from others nearby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
In theory, peremptory strikes may increase the fairness of the proceeding by eliminating jurors who may be biased but whose biases cannot be demonstrated convincingly to a judge.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Astronomers have directly detected an extraordinarily faint radio signal from hydrogen gas billions of light-years away, demonstrating a promising new method for mapping the vast structure of the Universe.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
When the party got together in the same West Midlands venue a year ago, they were an insurgency provoking intrigue and attention and demonstrating plenty of momentum.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The previous day, about 100 laid-off workers had been demonstrating against their dismissal at the Shadegan steel complex in western Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Not only did Paramount leak the alleged substance of the settlement discussions, but they misrepresented these discussions, demonstrating a lack of good faith,” Bonta said on Monday, noting: “I have pulled down this meeting.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Someone was demonstrating something that did something in the kitchen, and replaced a dozen other kitchen utensils, none of which Shadow possessed.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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