proven
Example Sentences
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As many as 8 in 10 are mired in poverty, according to various surveys, in a country that sits atop the world’s largest proven petroleum reserves.
From Los Angeles Times
Farah Moustafa, MD, an assistant professor at Tufts University School of Medicine and a dermatologist with Tufts Medical Center, explains that collagen supplements are not a proven solution for skin aging.
From Science Daily
The country has the world's largest proven oil reserves, estimated at about 303 billion barrels.
From BBC
I’m also living in a sort of luxury in that way that I don’t have to speak out and be the only one who is doing so and then be proven right later.
From Los Angeles Times
Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world, but many foreign firms left after the industry was first nationalised, and then years later state control over production was tightened further.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
