Is there a way to prove the Cayley-Hamilton Theorem without the use of cofactors, adjoints, etc?

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Is there a way to prove the Cayley-Hamilton Theorem without the use of cofactors, adjoints, etc?

Like is there another way to natural prove general matrix will satisfy its own characteristic polynomial?

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If done in the right way, one can simply substitute $A$ for $x$ in $\rm{det}(xI-A)=0$. Look at my question On the Cayley-Hamilton theorem