How to Use history shows/has shown in a Sentence

history shows/has shown

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  • Time and again, history has shown that investing is one of the best ways to build long-term wealth.
    Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
  • That’s even harder to do—as CNN’s own recent history has shown.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 25 May 2023
  • Likely not, if history has shown us anything from AI protests in the visual arts field.
    Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2023
  • While that’s a few feet below the dike’s potential danger zone, history has shown that Okeechobee can swell by that much in less than a month.
    New York Times, 9 July 2023
  • As history has shown us, those who are willing to embrace change and adapt to new technologies can find success, while those who resist the shift risk being left behind.
    Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2023
  • And history has shown that the impact of such economic conditions fall hardest on lower-skilled low-income people.
    Cristina Bodea, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2023
  • More likely than not, the reality of Michigan football is about to set in – and as history has shown, that reality is often ugly.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
  • But history has shown there’s reason to temper expectations heading down this path.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024
  • As surprised as fans were, there was a feeling that his decision wouldn’t be permanent — as history has shown rappers never truly retire.
    Mark Elibert, Billboard, 10 May 2023
  • And history has shown the negative impact a recession can have on a president’s reelection.
    Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The post asserts the timing must mean there is a connection between the Epstein documents and the school shooting, but recent history has shown school shootings to be tragically commonplace.
    USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
  • None of the seasonal outlooks go as far as to predict how many storms could make landfall in the Caribbean or the US, but history has shown that even in years with average or below-average storms, deadly landfalls are still possible.
    Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 2 June 2023
  • No one has a perfect crystal ball, but history has shown one thing to be true: trying to force this dangerous waste on states without giving them any meaningful recourse under environmental law has failed time and time again.
    Geoffrey H. Fettus, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2023
  • But history has shown that tax increases only enable more government spending.
    WSJ, 13 Nov. 2023
  • After accounting for the industry’s intensive coding practices (which history has shown has resulted in a lot of exaggerated diagnoses), Medicare still expects to pay MA plans an extra $16 billion compared with this year.
    Rachel Cohrs Reprints, STAT, 1 Feb. 2024
  • As history has shown, maintaining racial inequality requires constant repression and is therefore antithetical to democracy.
    Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024

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