How to Use unproven in a Sentence

unproven

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  • The secondary is young, and the receiving core is unproven.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2024
  • And both refute the popular claim that Sims thought the drugs were too unproven and might prove lethal.
    — Rosalind Bentley, ajc, 20 Feb. 2022
  • But while the other three AFC teams made major moves, the Chiefs are counting on a lot of unproven pieces.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2022
  • Some might say that many of these technologies are too nascent and unproven.
    — Bernard Zipprich, STAT, 30 June 2024
  • Why chase after something unproven to matter in the grand course of his art?
    — Britt Julious, chicagotribune.com, 4 Feb. 2022
  • And the Rangers’ flaw — a mostly unproven bunch — was widely visible from the time the club got to spring training.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • A week and a half into camp, Jaylon Moore has emerged from the unproven group as the early favorite.
    — Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The 22-year-old thanked Carlisle for giving him a shot despite being unproven.
    — James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2022
  • That leaves Brown, Ceyair Wright and a band of unproven outside corners to hold down the fort Saturday.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2022
  • All of this is also based on a movie that is entirely unproven yet.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Christie Mellor didn’t make the cut because the studio didn’t want to pair Lisa with an unproven actor.
    — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The 30-year-old Rees, on the other hand, is a little more unproven compared to his 64-year-old counterpart.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Now, unproven full-season arm King becomes a No. 4 starter instead of a 3.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Although Dillon Gabriel is set to return, the rest of the quarterback room is unproven.
    — Dallas News, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The idea that testosterone slows the aging process is unproven and, in my opinion, unlikely.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Jan. 2022
  • That’s a much better group than in previous years but still unproven.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Because there aren’t a lot of DAO success stories yet, and most of the benefits are still unproven.
    — New York Times, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Cobb, a 4-star recruit from Montgomery Catholic, may have the most potential but is very unproven.
    — Matt Cohen | [email protected], al, 3 Aug. 2023
  • What if averages catch up in 2023, and the Beavers are patching holes with unproven second and third-year backups?
    — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 26 July 2023
  • Both Seattle and Houston have dominant bullpens; the Rangers’ is, as yet, unproven.
    — Dallas News, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Senior Jalen Wayne was ready to step in as the Jaguars’ No. 1 receiver, though the depth behind him on the outside was largely unproven.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Young, unproven and — hopefully for the Bears — hungry.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022
  • But the questions at play are neither vast nor at this point entirely unproven.
    — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Russia also claims to possess AI weaponry, though the claims are unproven.
    — Bloomberg.com, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Sam Howell is too unproven to be a six-point favorite this early in his career.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2023
  • That’s a challenge for a Kentucky secondary that is unproven as a unit but has solid starting parts.
    — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 1 Sep. 2022
  • There also are plenty of speedy youngsters but many are unproven — 14 are making their debut on the world stage.
    — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
  • Sherman was skeptical that the state would entrust a big project to an unproven startup.
    — Wired, 29 July 2022
  • The ruling is important for the FDA’s campaign against medical clinics offering unproven treatments using patients’ stem cells.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Independent cybersecurity experts have said that the risk of Chinese spying through TikTok sounds plausible but remains unproven.
    — Brian Fung, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024

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