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self-evident

[self-ev-i-duhnt, self-] / ˌsɛlfˈɛv ɪ dənt, ˈsɛlf- /


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A great idea, but not all jokes are created equal; many of the punchlines are what one might describe as self-evident.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Pause for a moment and think about the very fact of our Constitution, and this no-entrenchment principle becomes self-evident.

From Slate May 26, 2026

“Michael” might be a self-evident, self-sustaining, self-indulgent piece of PR.

From Salon Apr. 25, 2026

Burden wrote this long after the fact, when the binary nature of her marriage became self-evident.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 31, 2026

I learned this living among a people whom I would never have chosen, because the privileges of being black are not always self-evident.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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