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demonstrate

[dem-uhn-strayt] / ˈdɛm ənˌstreɪt /




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Watt’s invitation to demonstrate the Peanut punch while they were broadcasting Sunday’s Bills-Raiders game — “and as soon as I did it, I regretted it,” he told Pat McAfee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Since April, AI firms have regularly been publishing solutions to previously unsolved mathematical problems as they seek to demonstrate the power of their latest models.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

As long as it can also demonstrate that audiences aren't being left behind.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

“PLS continues to demonstrate its countercyclical investment strategy with a development approach centred on being in the market to reap outsize benefit from price fly-up scenarios,” analyst Mitch Ryan says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

I know how much my grandparents like to see us perform, so I stand extra tall, extend my arms, and demonstrate the shuffle hop step.

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan

Prosecuting barrister Lucy Organ told the court: ''This almost laughable incident demonstrates quite how far the defendant was willing to go in his deceit.''

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Sometime later, Jason arrives and demonstrates a knack for reviving from naps the average human wouldn’t wake up from.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

As Rod Phillips demonstrates in “Cats: A History”—an encyclopedic study of mankind’s ever-changing perception of felines—the concept of the nonworking housecat is, at the outermost, only 200 years old.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Bleached corals had been largely written off because of their high mortality rate, said Collins -- though the new work instead demonstrates they "really shouldn't be thought of as a lost cause."

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Mrs. Hameed demonstrates how to fry the onions and cumin, then dumps the mixture into the stew.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

This has since been demonstrated a thousand times over, and much show business brain power has been dedicated to thinking up new ways to dress a handful of basic formats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that molecules attached to a surface can reach the ultimate quantum limit of optical coherence, overcoming a major obstacle that has long restricted molecular quantum research.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

In late September, the company launched its huge Starship rocket in another test flight which demonstrated its ability to reach orbit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Before his arrest, Alfozan bought a one-way ticket to Riyadh for October 12, with prosecutors arguing that such a move demonstrated he was a flight risk.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

During the trial period, boys and girls demonstrated their physical fitness: They ran races, threw baseballs, swam, and performed gymnastics stunts.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Nvidia also reported a 75% gross margin, demonstrating substantial profitability at its current scale.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

The 67-year-old sportscaster didn’t actually injure himself demonstrating the so-called “Peanut” punch with CBS broadcast booth partner J.J.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

A senior State Department official told reporters on Friday that Rubio was demonstrating US goodwill towards the "deepening partnership across Central Asia", especially in the energy sector.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

This man immediately rang Ivan on speaker phone - apparently demonstrating that Ivan worked for him.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

It promptly swells up, demonstrating the extraordinary elasticity of the little bit of air left in the bladder.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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