history shows/has shown

idiom

—used for emphasis to indicate that something one states as a fact is based on examples from the past

History shows/has shown that such attempts have always failed.

Examples of history shows/has shown in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 75-year-old is not on most lists of papabili—most likely to be elected Pope at the conclave that begins next week—although, as history has shown, the next Pope isn’t always who the media and the public expects. —Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 Apr. 2025

With Murray off the board, the other teams were left picking from the leftovers of a very poor draft class for QBs, as history has shown. —Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025

Additionally, history has shown that savvy stock picking is a better way to gain access to value stocks rather than by tracking one of the value indexes. —Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025

Yet history has shown us how quickly early adopters can be priced out, and how infrastructure built by institutions often reinforces institutional dominance. —Max (chong) Li, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025