direct evidence
evidence of a witness who testifies to the truth of the fact to be proved (contrasted with circumstantial evidence).
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The Al Jazeera journalist Tamer Almisshal contacted Citizen Lab after he received death threats about his work in January 2020, but Marczak’s team initially found no direct evidence of hacking on his iPhone.
Hackers are finding ways to hide inside Apple’s walled garden | Patrick Howell ONeill | March 1, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewDaugherty said while recent research from Oregon State University found a connection between logging and increases in muddy water, it did not provide direct evidence that logging causes problems for drinking water.
Timber Tax Cuts Cost Oregon Towns Billions. Then Polluted Water Drove Up the Price. | by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive | January 1, 2021 | ProPublicaSo in June 2018, Watanabe returned to Lake Baikal, the world’s largest and oldest freshwater lake, to see if he could gather direct evidence that the seals were feeding on swarms of amphipods.
Using comb-shaped teeth, Baikal seals feed on tiny crustaceans like whales do | Jake Buehler | December 11, 2020 | Science NewsAfter it lands in February 2021, it will be the first rover designed specifically to look for direct evidence of past or present organisms.
For decades, researchers have been searching for direct evidence to confirm their suspicions.
New 3D moon models show it might hold up to 15,000 miles of frozen water | Kat Eschner | October 27, 2020 | Popular-Science
Despite a lack of direct evidence connecting animals and earthquakes, researchers continue to explore the connection.
Turns Out, a Video of Bison Purportedly Fleeing Yellowstone Is a Hoax | Timothy Lesle | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe answer is a resounding yes, at least in terms of direct evidence.
Can Being With Your Family on Thanksgiving Actually Kill You? | Kent Sepkowitz | November 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNone of these results, of course, gives direct evidence that Mars actually ever harbored life.
Are We All Martians? How Recent Discoveries Raise That Possibility. | Lawrence M. Krauss | March 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST“Juries usually prefer circumstantial evidence to direct evidence,” the judge said.
He attached great importance to my direct evidence, and we underlined the parts I was to be particularly strong upon.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThere is no direct evidence, however, to connect Tammuz's slayer with the boar which killed Adonis.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Donald A. MackenzieWe have direct evidence thus far back as to the existence of the constellations.
The Astronomy of the Bible | E. Walter MaunderIt will be hard to bring such a man to justice, without some direct evidence against him, Rasco.
The Boy Land Boomer | Ralph BonehillThe novelty in its latest presentation is that an effort is made to bolster it up with what is claimed to be direct evidence.
The myth of the Jewish menace in world affairs | Lucien Wolf
British Dictionary definitions for direct evidence
law evidence, usually the testimony of a witness, directly relating to the fact in dispute: Compare circumstantial evidence
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