adduce
verb (used with object)
to bring forward in argument or as evidence; cite as pertinent or conclusive.
have adduced
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present perfectof adduce.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The authors might have adduced more egregious examples than that second one, and from the other party.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
Because those reports were inadmissible, "it follows that plaintiffs have adduced no admissible evidence that their own trades were harmed by the exchanges' challenged conduct," depriving them of legal standing to sue, Furman wrote.
From Reuters ● Mar. 28, 2022
Umberger and other critics have adduced careful veilings of provocative content in Traylor’s work.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 1, 2018
The Antonine wall was in use for just a couple of decades: many have adduced its building to Antoninus Pius's desire for an achievable victory to shore up his military credentials early in his reign.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 15, 2013
In my Ancient History of the German Language I have adduced, in proof of this proposition, 353 of these names from the European languages.”
From Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race by Arthur James Johnes
