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Also, much in evidence. Plainly visible, conspicuous, as in The car's new dents were very much in evidence. [Second half of 1800s]

As testimony in a court of law, as in The attorney submitted the photograph in evidence. [c. 1700]

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But sources said that the evidence so far is pointing away from an ISIS connection.
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And the fact that satire unnerves the intolerant is evidence of its positive power.
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Is it sort of evidence of the Gladwellian 10,000 hours theory?
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Evidence is piling up that as men do more of the caregiving, violence against women falls.
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This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
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Many British Ferns evidence a marked tendency to “sport,” and this is a fact which the beginner should always bear in mind.
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It is a very common error to consider these deposits as evidence of excessive excretion.
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Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
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It was a tremendous training in the sifting of evidence and the examination of appearances.
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The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.
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