demonstrate

Example Sentences

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He needs to show, to prove, to demonstrate.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

In politics it is particularly important to demonstrate publicly as a group when the electorate feels their representatives aren’t listening to them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

"But we were able to demonstrate that they can tell us something about the environment right above the star's surface."

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

To be eligible for asylum, a non-citizen had to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution in their home country due to their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Third, there must be ways of establishing priority—Tartaglia’s coded poem is a device to demonstrate that he already has the solution even though he is keeping it secret.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton