prove (to be) useful
idiom
: to be eventually found to be helpful
The data could prove (to be) useful in identifying future problems.
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Zoom in: Foreign investments in U.S. battery manufacturing could prove useful in the face of auto tariffs.
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Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
Legislatures, courts, and other institutional spaces can prove useful to pro-democracy actors even after a country has turned more authoritarian.
—Laura Gamboa, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2025
Those insights could prove useful in a warming world, in which more icebergs are breaking off in Antarctica and the Arctic.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Years later, the anthropology degree would prove useful.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
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Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
Legislatures, courts, and other institutional spaces can prove useful to pro-democracy actors even after a country has turned more authoritarian.
—Laura Gamboa, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2025
Those insights could prove useful in a warming world, in which more icebergs are breaking off in Antarctica and the Arctic.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Years later, the anthropology degree would prove useful.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Prove (to be) useful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prove%20%28to%20be%29%20useful. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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