Example Sentences

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You would only know they were unreasonable — they were, in fact, wrong — if you had the patience to fact-check, or if you had the personal experience of counterevidence.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2023

Other scientists point to a mountain of counterevidence showing that facial movements during emotions vary too widely to be universal beacons of emotional meaning.

From Scientific American • Apr. 27, 2022

"Mr. Berenson plays down counterevidence — even when it is firsthand or expert."

From Fox News • Jul. 22, 2020

Mr. Berenson plays down counterevidence — even when it is firsthand or expert.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2020

Keegan tries to dig himself out from under his own heap of counterevidence by repeatedly issuing pronouncements about what an unidentified “we” stubbornly and defensively believe—which only prompts the reader to think, “Speak for yourself!”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker