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proven

adjective as in proved

adjective as in well-founded

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Speculation raged that Duke agreed not to run as part of the deal, though it was never proven.

Critics accused Foster of giving Duke a payoff to stay out of the race; that was never proven.

“I am being proven right about massive vaccinations” he tweeted in September.

The North Korean hackers have proven to be a persistent adversary, if not the most skilled one.

But these must be proven under a signed and sworn statement and judged reasonable by the DOH.

That there is a distinct field for such a book is proven by the unexpectedly large demand for the first edition.

Though he lacked the highest moral courage, his physical bravery was proven on many a stricken field from Valladolid to Warsaw.

It is well known that these declarations of science are mere speculations, plausible indeed, but nowhere proven to be true.

I should have remembered the consequences to the Countess if it were proven that she had been championing a fraud.

But there are other ways of explaining all these things, and perhaps it may be proven that there are better ways.

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On this page you'll find 273 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to proven, such as: accepted, allowed, authorized, backed, endorsed, and passed.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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