self-evident

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For Americans, King George’s abuses of power in the 1760s and ’70s stirred discontent and outrage, but even then, the choice to break with Britain was not self-evident.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

That used to be self-evident for a starting pitcher, but no longer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2026

Ignacio Garcia Bercero, a former top EU trade negotiator now with Brussels-based think tank Bruegel, said the deal's advantages were self-evident.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Yes, ordinary Americans defeated would-be emperors in the past through political participation, nonviolent confrontation, decency of comportment — and a few self-evident truths.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2025

After I looked up the meaning of the words, I wrote the entire text in my note pad in tiny letters: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal...”

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez