provable

adjective

ˈprü-və-bəl How to pronounce provable (audio)
Definition of provablenext
as in verifiable
capable of being proven as true or real the police have more than enough evidence to build a provable case against the accused

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Recent Examples of provable The task is to let autonomy operate inside limits that are clear, enforceable and provable. — Najwa Aaraj, Fortune, 23 June 2026 Other statements, however, might be provable in principle, but only with proofs that are too long to ever write down. — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 11 May 2026 In my view, the attorney general’s office should focus on cases where corporations broke the law, misled regulators or consumers or caused concrete, provable harm. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 5 May 2026 The legal system operates on facts, statutory elements, and provable evidence, not public sentiment or emotional interpretation. — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for provable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for provable
  1. verifiable
  2. demonstrable
  3. confirmable
  4. supportable
  5. empirical
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  • For every verifiable factoid about life in Newfoundland, there’s an American or British actor doing a bizarre accent.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • An alignment takes place, as the legacy media consistently allows Rowling, as one of their own, to get away with removing trans women from their verifiable position as a vulnerable demographic.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of verifiable
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  • Professors have encountered demonstrable issues with widespread cheating, with many forced to devise their own methods for eliminating unethical AI use.
    — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • America has witnessed a proliferation of voting rights groups with sound justification and demonstrable results, but there comes a point when there may be too much of a good thing.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 28 June 2026
Definition of demonstrable
Adjective
  • Binding it all together is the chain-of-custody record that includes every handoff between teams, vendors and systems, with verification signatures that make each component's provenance independently confirmable.
    — Akash Pugalia, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Cekada is only the third person to be confirmed to lead the agency since the director's position was made confirmable in 2006.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 May 2026
Definition of confirmable
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  • The output has to be supportable, reviewable and grounded in information that can actually survive scrutiny later.
    — Arun Ramakrishnan, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Claims about artificial intelligence must be technically accurate, operationally supportable, and consistent with the company’s financial results.
    — Perrie M. Weiner, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of supportable
Adjective
  • The risks posed by obesity, however, are based on more empirical data.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Both Fontaines were scouts well ahead of the deep empirical and objective analysis of baseball data — sabermetrics is the catchall term — that some believe has made scouts obsolete.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of empirical

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“Provable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provable. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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