demonstrate
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That said, although the S&P 500 did come in with greater average returns, it did demonstrate higher volatility over the period—16.5% a year versus 9% a year for the average housing return.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 5, 2026
Salon helped demonstrate what digital journalism could be and could become.
From Salon β Nov. 5, 2026
“The burden of proof lies with the party contesting the will, meaning they must demonstrate that the will is invalid based on the grounds presented.”
From MarketWatch β Nov. 5, 2026
"It will be an opportunity to show our affection and emotion, and to demonstrate our solidarity with the family," Suarez said.
From BBC β Nov. 4, 2026
We’d been talking about sound waves, and to demonstrate the difference in water, she’d concocted an experiment.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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Her friend Trevor Abrahmsohn believes her story demonstrates the success of the scheme.
From BBC β Nov. 6, 2026
But long after Romero transformed them from blank-eyed puppets to ravenous murder machines, Bedward’s film demonstrates how Hollywood’s version of the zombie impacts America’s perception of Vodou, Haitians and immigration.
From Salon β Oct. 31, 2026
“It demonstrates that we can continue to bring antibody-drug conjugates into areas where classic chemotherapy has historically been the standard of care,” the head of AstraZeneca’s oncology business, David Fredrickson, said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 26, 2026
Emma Holland, partner in trust and litigation at Stewarts, said: "What this case demonstrates is that the courts are willing to apply ordinary contractual principles to family relationships, which wasn't clear before."
From BBC β Oct. 26, 2026
“Serjeant, we yet discuss mutability. Private Williams is providing us with an excellent example. He demonstrates how change occurs, and how the senses remark upon change.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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The S&P 500 demonstrated higher volatility over the 40-year period at 16.5% a year, compared with 9% a year for the average housing return.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 5, 2026
JGP Properties told the Local Democracy Reporting Service its assessments demonstrated "no loss or deterioration of the ancient woodland and veteran trees".
From BBC β Nov. 4, 2026
Although medications that remove amyloid-beta have demonstrated modest but measurable clinical benefits, they do not fully address the many biological processes involved in the disease.
From Science Daily β Nov. 3, 2026
Gardner Minshew has demonstrated a flair for the dramatic throughout his itinerant career.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 2, 2026
Like the classic it has become, the Farewell Address has demonstrated the capacity to assume different shapes in different eras, to change color, if you will, in varying shades of light.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Elsewhere, Rountree acted as an assembler, demonstrating democracy in action.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 2, 2026
Barontini's experiment takes that connection further by demonstrating how changes in entropy can provide an operational measure of time inside a controlled quantum system.
From Science Daily β Oct. 30, 2026
A protest was held outside the Poundland HQ on Thursday, Claire Sutcliffe - who has been at the company for nearly a decade - among those demonstrating.
From BBC β Oct. 30, 2026
Throughout the mid-1990s and 2000s, a series of cyberattacks rocked the federal government, demonstrating the emerging threat.
From Salon β Oct. 26, 2026
She was demonstrating the use of a pioneer butter churn, and her eyes roamed all over the crowds beside the street.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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