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self-evident

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


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“The conclusion became self-evident — this Court simply does not have the information the law requires to enter a Temporary Restraining Order at this stage of the proceedings,” McCabria wrote.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 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

For Americans, King George’s abuses of power in the 1760s and ’70s stirred discontent and outrage, but even then, the choice to break with Britain was not self-evident.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 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

Moral certainty, grounded in probability, had, in the writings of Wilkins and Locke, joined deductive or self-evident knowledge as a form of truth.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton