self-evident
adjective
self-ev·i·dent
ˌself-ˈe-və-dənt 
-ˌdent
: evident without proof or reasoning
self-evidently
adverb
Examples of self-evident in a Sentence
the self-evident truth that all people have the right of self-determination
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At least, in the fall of 2016, the answer still seemed self-evident.
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Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
Become a member My father had grown up in the change, while I was born after it, into a Singapore where East Coast Park was solid, self-evident.
—Zining Mok, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2024
The short-term goals are self-evident: a release of the remaining Israeli hostages still held in Gaza and at least a substantial withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza and an end to the killings and woundings of the Palestinian people.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2024
What the seasoned Kremlin-watcher knows is that the Kremlin has made plans for this situation in the kind of detail that the West cannot match - a regimen self-evident to anyone who heeds the details of Moscow’s post-Soviet revanchism.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
Become a member My father had grown up in the change, while I was born after it, into a Singapore where East Coast Park was solid, self-evident.
—Zining Mok, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2024
The short-term goals are self-evident: a release of the remaining Israeli hostages still held in Gaza and at least a substantial withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza and an end to the killings and woundings of the Palestinian people.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2024
What the seasoned Kremlin-watcher knows is that the Kremlin has made plans for this situation in the kind of detail that the West cannot match - a regimen self-evident to anyone who heeds the details of Moscow’s post-Soviet revanchism.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Self-evident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-evident. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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