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self-evident

[self-ev-i-duhnt, self-] / ˌsɛlfˈɛv ɪ dənt, ˈsɛlf- /


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Burden wrote this long after the fact, when the binary nature of her marriage became self-evident.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

It's self-evident that Lewis Hamilton can only fight for the title if his car and team are up to it.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Ignacio Garcia Bercero, a former top EU trade negotiator now with Brussels-based think tank Bruegel, said the deal's advantages were self-evident.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

These definitions are self-evident and somewhat tedious, but they are not alone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

And Thomas Jefferson’s lyrical rendering of the reasons for the entire revolutionary enterprise emphasized the self-evident character of the principles at stake.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis