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living proof

living proof [phrase]: [usually 'verb-link phrase', often 'phrase that'_, 'phrase of noun']

If you say that someone is living proof of something, you mean that their actions or personal qualities show that a particular fact is true or that a particular quality exists.

  • He is living proof that some players just get better with age.

[Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's Dictionary]

living proof

If someone is living proof of a particular fact, they are a good example of how true it is....

  • I will remember them as living proof that you can have too much of a good thing.

[Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English]

Though usually applied to persons (He / she / you ... is / are living proof ...), the usage is broadened to human institutions:

  • The stock exchange is living proof of that fact.

[Cambridge Dictionary; Hansard]

  • It is living proof that public services can be both efficient and popular.

[Hansard: National Health Service {50th Anniversary}]

Admittedly, there were zero hits in a Google search for "It is living proof" + "existence of dinosaurs"!

living proof

living proof [phrase]: [usually 'verb-link phrase', often 'phrase that'_, 'phrase of noun']

If you say that someone is living proof of something, you mean that their actions or personal qualities show that a particular fact is true or that a particular quality exists.

  • He is living proof that some players just get better with age.

[Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's Dictionary]

living proof

If someone is living proof of a particular fact, they are a good example of how true it is....

  • I will remember them as living proof that you can have too much of a good thing.

[Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English]

Though usually applied to persons (He / she / you ... is / are living proof ...), the usage is broadened to human institutions:

  • The stock exchange is living proof of that fact.

[Cambridge Dictionary; Hansard]

  • It is living proof that public services can be both efficient and popular.

[Hansard: National Health Service {50th Anniversary}]

living proof

living proof [phrase]: [usually 'verb-link phrase', often 'phrase that'_, 'phrase of noun']

If you say that someone is living proof of something, you mean that their actions or personal qualities show that a particular fact is true or that a particular quality exists.

  • He is living proof that some players just get better with age.

[Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's Dictionary]

living proof

If someone is living proof of a particular fact, they are a good example of how true it is....

  • I will remember them as living proof that you can have too much of a good thing.

[Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English]

Though usually applied to persons (He / she / you ... is / are living proof ...), the usage is broadened to human institutions:

  • The stock exchange is living proof of that fact.

[Cambridge Dictionary; Hansard]

  • It is living proof that public services can be both efficient and popular.

[Hansard: National Health Service {50th Anniversary}]

Admittedly, there were zero hits in a Google search for "It is living proof" + "existence of dinosaurs"!

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Edwin Ashworth
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living proof

living proof [phrase]: [usually 'verb-link phrase', often 'phrase that'_, 'phrase of noun']

If you say that someone is living proof of something, you mean that their actions or personal qualities show that a particular fact is true or that a particular quality exists.

  • He is living proof that some players just get better with age.

[Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's Dictionary]

living proof

If someone is living proof of a particular fact, they are a good example of how true it is....

  • I will remember them as living proof that you can have too much of a good thing.

[Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English]

Though usually applied to persons (He / she / you ... is / are living proof ...), the usage is broadened to human institutions:

  • The stock exchange is living proof of that fact.

[Cambridge Dictionary; Hansard]

  • It is living proof that public services can be both efficient and popular.

[Hansard: National Health Service {50th Anniversary}]

living proof

living proof [phrase]: [usually 'verb-link phrase', often 'phrase that'_, 'phrase of noun']

If you say that someone is living proof of something, you mean that their actions or personal qualities show that a particular fact is true or that a particular quality exists.

  • He is living proof that some players just get better with age.

[Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's Dictionary]

living proof

If someone is living proof of a particular fact, they are a good example of how true it is....

  • I will remember them as living proof that you can have too much of a good thing.

[Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English]

living proof

living proof [phrase]: [usually 'verb-link phrase', often 'phrase that'_, 'phrase of noun']

If you say that someone is living proof of something, you mean that their actions or personal qualities show that a particular fact is true or that a particular quality exists.

  • He is living proof that some players just get better with age.

[Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's Dictionary]

living proof

If someone is living proof of a particular fact, they are a good example of how true it is....

  • I will remember them as living proof that you can have too much of a good thing.

[Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English]

Though usually applied to persons (He / she / you ... is / are living proof ...), the usage is broadened to human institutions:

  • The stock exchange is living proof of that fact.

[Cambridge Dictionary; Hansard]

  • It is living proof that public services can be both efficient and popular.

[Hansard: National Health Service {50th Anniversary}]

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Edwin Ashworth
  • 87.1k
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  • 272

living proof

living proof [phrase]: [usually 'verb-link phrase', often 'phrase that'_, 'phrase of noun']

If you say that someone is living proof of something, you mean that their actions or personal qualities show that a particular fact is true or that a particular quality exists.

  • He is living proof that some players just get better with age.

[Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's Dictionary]

living proof

If someone is living proof of a particular fact, they are a good example of how true it is....

  • I will remember them as living proof that you can have too much of a good thing.

[Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English]

living proof

living proof [phrase]: [usually 'verb-link phrase', often 'phrase that'_, 'phrase of noun']

If you say that someone is living proof of something, you mean that their actions or personal qualities show that a particular fact is true or that a particular quality exists.

  • He is living proof that some players just get better with age.

[Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's Dictionary]

living proof

If someone is living proof of a particular fact, they are a good example of how true it is.

[Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English]

living proof

living proof [phrase]: [usually 'verb-link phrase', often 'phrase that'_, 'phrase of noun']

If you say that someone is living proof of something, you mean that their actions or personal qualities show that a particular fact is true or that a particular quality exists.

  • He is living proof that some players just get better with age.

[Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's Dictionary]

living proof

If someone is living proof of a particular fact, they are a good example of how true it is....

  • I will remember them as living proof that you can have too much of a good thing.

[Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English]

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