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evidence

[ev-i-duhns] / ˈɛv ɪ dəns /




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"The evidence is far from clear and perhaps may reflect that some people respond differently to others to different foods before bed."

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Instead, you should think of them as red flags, signaling the perils of reacting on the basis of untested evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The company said at the time that the agreement would allow it to avoid the costs of protracted litigation, and that it doesn’t constitute evidence or admission of fact or liability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Police said they collected evidence from the scene and identified a possible suspect, and using license plate reader technology were able to place the suspect in the area at the time of the incident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

I think what he needed was evidence to downgrade the stock.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

"I think it evidences the fact that there is an ongoing threat in respect of dissident republican activity," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

The “rush to seek death in this case evidences strong emotional reactions” by the Utah County Attorney’s Office and the prosecutor whose child attended Kirk’s talk, Robinson’s lawyers said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

So the bias that exists just really means that we have to be very careful in taking small steps to show evidences.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025

“The European Parliament should not accuse a country without evidences coming out from the competent judicial authorities,” said the email, sent in the name of the lawmaker Andrea Cozzolino.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

I went without a lot of sleep trying to merit his increasing evidences of trust and confidence in my efforts to help build our Nation of Islam.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

This is evidenced by the fact that the government did not seek to detain either defendant.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

As evidenced by Tuesday’s announcement, the current tour, starring drag queen Alaska Thunderf— is set to arrive in L.A. next week with sky-high expectations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Others suggest he is an empty shell who will become whatever it takes to gain money and power, as evidenced by his constantly shifting attitudes about race and religion.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

It was picked up across online media, and discussed at length on radio talk shows - including across the BBC, as evidenced by this piece.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

That they had made a tidy profit was evidenced by the size of their house, which stood apart from the rest of the village.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

This finding is backed by neuroimaging data, evidencing reduced connectivity between regions of the brain associated with self-awareness, pain and emotional processing.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023

When negligence is particularly egregious—either so preventable or evidencing such disregard for the safety of the people affected—it becomes a criminal wrong.

From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2023

I am super proud that is evidencing itself today in our fulfillment margins and our gross margins, with all of these changes we made during what was the most difficult time we have ever had.

From The Verge ● Jul. 26, 2022

A 120-Hz flicker is too rapid for your eyes to detect, but if you wave your hand back and forth between your face and a fluorescent light, you will see a stroboscopic effect evidencing AC.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Associated with this state are swelled throat, rendering deglutition very painful—salivation, cough—occasional vomiting, delirium, sometimes phrenitical, sometimes evidencing itself in low mutterings and jactation.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache


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