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  1. Help to indicate or serve as evidence. For example, His research goes to show that the medication is ineffective. This term was first recorded in 1842.


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It also might go to show the gem the Cougs pulled over the Idaho border in Jones.

From Seattle Times Jan. 13, 2024

As UBS's Malcolm says, it might just go to show that crypto was meant to be more "an evolutionary than a revolutionary development in financial markets."

From Reuters Dec. 20, 2022

"The rule was that people who go to show business stories tend not to be interested in politics," says Mr Brownlee.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2021

It’s where the best players go to show off their skills.

From New York Times Aug. 23, 2019

Once I’ve done three, maybe four passes back and forth, I use the portable hanging scale to weigh it, and then I go to show Mom my haul.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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