- past participle of prove.
proven
Britishverb
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a past participle of prove
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See not proven
adjective
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But offshore sanctuaries have yet to be proven a successful solution for retiring performing whales.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Galtier plans to return to climate-tech applications once Entalpic’s technology has been proven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The fate of these women and their children has proven a sticking point for the Western countries from where some originated, with many trapped or stripped of their citizenship by their former homelands.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
For now, D-serine should be considered an experimental approach rather than a proven treatment for brain aging.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Fact: Companies pump the bag with nitrogen gas to prevent the chips from becoming potato crumbs, proven by my experiment in the third grade.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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