How to Use unproved in a Sentence
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But judges must weigh the value of such unproved claims against the threat of unfairly turning a jury against the accused.
—Jeremy Roebuck, Philly.com, 6 Mar. 2018
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Why risk that by handing the whole thing over to an untested, unproved entity?
—Washington Post, 7 June 2017
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On cable television and radio shows and at rallies, the lawmakers used unproved fraud claims to promote the idea that the election had been stolen.
—New York Times, 15 Dec. 2021
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Also, most of the examples that Buck gave were secret in their day or remain unproved now (including the story about the East German spy).
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2019
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Carbon capture — where CO2 is pulled out of the atmosphere and somehow stored — is unproved and unlikely to undo the level of pollution.
—Jon Talton, The Seattle Times, 17 Jan. 2018
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Ostensibly, the project and its unproved sound apparatus may not seem that attractive to such artists.
—David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 6 Sep. 2017
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But whether Trump has broken any laws or violated the Constitution is as yet unproved.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2017
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Since then, many European governments have imposed restrictions in part because most of the data and research on omicron is so new and unproved.
—Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2021
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Experts also fear that vaccines may prove less effective against omicron than delta due to its large number of mutations, but that is unproved — and how much of a problem that would pose is also unclear.
—Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Nov. 2021
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The compendium of information about Trump, much of it unproved, was produced by a former British intelligence agent last year, mostly before Trump won the 2016 election.
—John Wagner, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2017
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Those people say that the move to launch the largely unproved and unregulated technology could prove detrimental to the overall industry’s attempts to put self-driving cars on the road.
—Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2019
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Witnesses couched their advice on how to respond to Russian bounties, taking note that the intelligence remains unproved, at least in public.
—Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 9 July 2020
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But what look to be innovative, if unproved, products won’t be released until holiday 2020.
—Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2019
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The series’ drama now resides in a conflict every home cook will recognize: with the skill yet unmastered, the dish yet unproved, the unknown ingredient, the untimely distraction.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2021
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One theory, as of yet unproved, is that illnesses may result from substances that are thought or known to be toxic in vaping products, which use heat to vaporize nicotine and other inhalants.
—Matt Richtel, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2019
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The torrent of unproved accusations gave Mr. Zuma and his allies enough ammunition to grab control over another prize — the state coffers in the National Treasury.
—New York Times, 10 June 2018
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Thomas’s gentle diffidence, and his director’s fiercely rigorous style, leave his motives denser than unproved sourdough.
—Ofir Raul Graizer, New York Times, 28 June 2018
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Inflation theory is an unproved, but key, component of astronomers’ current understanding of the history of the universe.
—Don Lincoln, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
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The site’s methods for testing things like purity were unproved and its records were incomplete and disorganized, according to FDA inspection documents.
—Sydney Lupkin, SFChronicle.com, 8 Nov. 2019
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The statement, with no citation, mirrors talking points — unproved — about vaccine fatalities that have circulated on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show and other right-wing news outlets.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2021
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Popular Vietnamese Web sites mix unproved medical claims with luxury sales pitches.
—Jeremy Hsu, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2017
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The idea of a persistent Covid infection remains unproved, although several studies hint at the possibility.
—New York Times, 21 Jan. 2021
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Whether lifestyle changes can stall dementia or cognitive decline remains unproved for now, but Baker anticipates a mountain of new evidence.
—Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 27 May 2021
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His predictions of runaway progressive turnout remain unproved.
—New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
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Trump on Sunday tweeted more unproved allegations that Georgia’s election was fraudulent, blaming Kemp and Duncan for inaction.
—Fox News, 7 Dec. 2020
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Some Republicans and far-right figures have openly fought against vaccines, sometimes turning to unproved science and conspiracy theories.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2021
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Chevron and other large American oil companies are investing in carbon capture and sequestration to bury greenhouse gases or produce new fuels, though such technologies are expensive and unproved on a large scale.
—Clifford Krauss, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2019
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But Peraza is unproved both defensively and offensively.
—John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 20 Feb. 2018
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Trump administration officials had to tangle an impossible game of dealing with the President's off-the-cuff and unproved remarks while simultaneously maintaining public safety without causing widespread panic.
—Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2020
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