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Recent Examples of proven
A couple of other more proven additions like edge rusher Nico Davilier, who made six starts last season at Arkansas, and cornerback Jamier Johnson, who started 10 games last season at Indiana, have not played a down yet.
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Manny Navarro, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Sanitizing garden tools that come in contact with plants is a proven way to reduce the spread of disease in your garden.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025
Here are three proven ways to identify undervalued assets that apply across industries.
—Jack Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But on Wednesday, the more proven arm of Luke Weaver let the team down as well.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
The latest results move the Super-X concept from a promising theory to a proven technology.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
The result is that tens of thousands, many of them first-time detainees with no proven gang ties, have disappeared into a system where access to justice—and even survival—is often for sale.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
These partnerships are a proven pathway to financial, housing, and family stability.
—Deanna Logan, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
There’s no proven way to do it.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Manny Navarro, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Sanitizing garden tools that come in contact with plants is a proven way to reduce the spread of disease in your garden.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025
Here are three proven ways to identify undervalued assets that apply across industries.
—Jack Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But on Wednesday, the more proven arm of Luke Weaver let the team down as well.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
The latest results move the Super-X concept from a promising theory to a proven technology.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
The result is that tens of thousands, many of them first-time detainees with no proven gang ties, have disappeared into a system where access to justice—and even survival—is often for sale.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
These partnerships are a proven pathway to financial, housing, and family stability.
—Deanna Logan, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
There’s no proven way to do it.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proven
Adjective
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Among confirmed titles are the studies of democracy and the democratic process.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
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If 42 days passes without a confirmed infection, that chain of contagiousness is generally considered broken, explains Gabriel Benavidez, an epidemiologist at Baylor University in Texas.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The deal is valid for a limited time at participating stores.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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Employers that are parties to valid collective bargaining agreements may be exempt from SB 7’s requirements, provided the agreement explicitly waives coverage, includes provisions addressing wages and working conditions, and protects workers from algorithmic management.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For established professionals, the possibility that age could influence decisions about hiring, promotion or workplace treatment raises serious concerns about fairness and opportunity.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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At present, major agencies including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.K. National Health Service maintain that there is no established evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But somehow, without the brass, this actually turned into the night’s most effective all-out rocker, extended into a jam that left the mod setting of the storyline for something that felt a bit closer to the psychedelic era by the end.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
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Based on the tariffs imposed by Trump this year, the average effective tariff rate in the United States has spiked to the highest level since 1935, according to The Budget Lab.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The real clash with liberals is not over how big government should be, but over what the state should be empowered to do.—
Allan J. Lichtman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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That was an interesting time because so many people were trying to capitalize and not doing stuff that was real.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The new rule closes that gap by mandating validated self-assessments and third-party assessments before award decisions.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Imagine how validated Rainbeau must feel, like Chicken Little when the town wakes up to the fact that aliens are actually coming.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The film, which largely unfolds on Christmas Eve, has a wonderful sense of the dying light of a late December day, the transition from a shade of damp gray to the inky black of night, and, even better, an actual sense of a particular American place.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the actual cost of providing housing, meals and transportation for prisoners at Miami Correctional is about $80 per person.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Proven.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proven. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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