as in evidence
something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim
she presented proof that she had not cheated
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Recent Examples of proof
In fact, there were several landmark proofs in the field of geometry alone.
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Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
There is no proof Trudeau had to come to Florida to meet with Trump, nor that the president-elect was barred from entering Canada.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
Governed by Jupiter, Sagittarius' personality is larger than life itself — and Clem is living proof of this.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
More than eighteen hundred years later, Cleopatra had become proof that Africa had a worthy history.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 Dec. 2024
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Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
There is no proof Trudeau had to come to Florida to meet with Trump, nor that the president-elect was barred from entering Canada.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
Governed by Jupiter, Sagittarius' personality is larger than life itself — and Clem is living proof of this.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
More than eighteen hundred years later, Cleopatra had become proof that Africa had a worthy history.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proof
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No reasonable fact-finder could find in Debtor’s favor on the justification issue based on the evidence presented on the Motion.Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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The recent studies of asteroid and comet material add to the evidence that the first steps of the assembly process happen in space—and happen very readily.Elise Cutts, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
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On the night before the verdict, they were joined by more than a dozen journalists, clambering for the best angle of their emerging messages, pasted up on walls already crowded by other snippets of testimony and poetry.Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Qualcomm supplemented this with video testimony of Arm depositions that appeared to show contradictions in previous Arm testimony and documentation from the first two days.Jim McGregor, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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To wit, a New York Times article from 1893 notes the earliest documentation of the tradition in New York City, where German immigrants would gather among one another for the New Year over food and drinks and spread kisses and hugs throughout the crowds.Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024
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Given this is a tough story tied to the atrocities committed at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, where 55 bodies of young people were exhumed on the grounds and documentation and where relentless abuse occurred, showing moments of beauty and love were essential, Ross said.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Proof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proof. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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