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self-evident

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


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Blame it on Mozart, whose astonishing genius was already self-evident at age 5, when he wrote his first opus , and whose father Leopold controlled his life and career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Salon’s Sophia Tesfaye agrees, calling the self-evident desperation “excruciating”:

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

A great idea, but not all jokes are created equal; many of the punchlines are what one might describe as self-evident.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

For Kim, the propaganda value of Xi's visit is self-evident.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

At the most obvious level, these numbers confirmed with enhanced precision the self-evident reality that slavery was a sectional phenomenon that was dying out in the North and flourishing in the South.

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


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