as in verifiable
capable of being proven as true or real
the police have more than enough evidence to build a provable case against the accused
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Now is the time for state prosecutors with jurisdiction over Trump’s outrageous crimes to step up, be counted for democracy and aggressively pursue these eminently provable cases alleging theft of classified documents and conspiracy regarding his actions on and before Jan. 6, 2021.
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Dennis C. McAndrews, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
Their strength lies not in provable accuracy, but in their ability to combine diverse perspectives and quickly adapt to new information, expressing this collective knowledge in a single, clear metric - the probability of an event.
—Andrey Sergeenkov, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Rather than trying to rank particular paranormal beliefs, the new study examines peoples’ general attitudes toward provable versus non-provable concepts.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
Analyzing the vote Race calls are based on provable facts, primarily from the AP’s vote count, which is compiled from state and local election offices around the nation.
—Robert Yoon, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Dennis C. McAndrews, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
Their strength lies not in provable accuracy, but in their ability to combine diverse perspectives and quickly adapt to new information, expressing this collective knowledge in a single, clear metric - the probability of an event.
—Andrey Sergeenkov, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Rather than trying to rank particular paranormal beliefs, the new study examines peoples’ general attitudes toward provable versus non-provable concepts.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
Analyzing the vote Race calls are based on provable facts, primarily from the AP’s vote count, which is compiled from state and local election offices around the nation.
—Robert Yoon, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Provable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provable. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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