as in obvious
not needing proof in order to be accepted
the self-evident truth that all people have the right of self-determination
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Recent Examples of self-evident
But its resilience is self-evident and the past year of on-off war will have conclusively silenced any moderate voices who suggest Iran does not need a robust means of defending itself.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
Certain ways of reasoning about family life, education and responsibility may come to feel natural and self-evident.
—Gareth Barkin, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
Over the years, fans, recappers, and scholars have observed the way successful male contestants like Colby and Ozzy get edited as heroic athletes and men of integrity whose worth in the game and claim to the $1 million prize is self-evident.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2026
Real innovation doesn't require convincing because the value becomes self-evident.
—Ira Belsky, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
Certain ways of reasoning about family life, education and responsibility may come to feel natural and self-evident.
—Gareth Barkin, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
Over the years, fans, recappers, and scholars have observed the way successful male contestants like Colby and Ozzy get edited as heroic athletes and men of integrity whose worth in the game and claim to the $1 million prize is self-evident.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2026
Real innovation doesn't require convincing because the value becomes self-evident.
—Ira Belsky, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-evident
Adjective
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The old gunslinger makes the most of an AFC without an obvious favorite and rides off after one last trip into the playoffs, this one coming with a postseason win.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Neural activation and event consolidation seem too bureaucratic, even obvious.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
Adjective
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Just a few years after the arrival of ZF, Kurt Gödel showed that no axiomatic system capable of basic arithmetic can be used to prove its own consistency.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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Many of those values are grounded in the idea—axiomatic for Christians—that human beings have a unique dignity and worth.—
Elias Wachtel,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Patricia Peck, a council member of Brazil’s Data Protection Authority and author of 46 books on law and technology, said the country’s executive and judicial branches have pushed for big techs to be proactive against crimes online despite evident stagnation of the debate in congress.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
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Finally, after my sister had been hacking away for three minutes or so, one man stood, stared, anger evident on his face, and stomped away.—
Tom Levenson,
Time,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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The Georgia city’s northwest Buckhead neighborhood has been overrun in the last couple of weeks by empty, driverless ride-share vehicles due to an apparent routing behavior issue.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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Their apparent approach will culminate in a spectacular conjunction on June 9, when the two brightest planets in the night sky appear exceptionally close together after sunset.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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This connection with Nashville’s past and future gives the patient experience a sense of character, privacy, and unmistakable identity.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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The undercurrent here is unmistakable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
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