proven
Example Sentences
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"I hope that if it's proven that he did do this, I hope the punishment will fit the crime," says Matt Kincanon, who lost his home in the Old Trails Fire.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
“She’s a proven change agent who can act with urgency to mobilize our system,” Kempczinski said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
But modern science has proven this isn’t actually the case.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Built without formal planning, it has proven vulnerable to floods and fires -- and now the record-setting heatwave.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
It was as if with our date Barack and I had tested a theory and proven both the best and the worst parts of what we’d suspected all along.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
