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self-evident

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


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There’s a key difference between a slave and an AI system: While the basic humanity of the former is self-evident, the claim that the latter might deserve moral consideration is speculative.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 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

But he added: "Rightmove is exploiting a self-evident dominant market position, and are charging too much for it."

From BBC • Apr. 1, 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

Throughout the first half of the 1790s, the closest approximation to a self-evident truth in American politics was George Washington.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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