indirect evidence
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of indirect evidence
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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But indirect evidence suggests it could have already slowed by around 15% over the last couple of centuries, although not all scientists agree.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025
It was only a few years ago, though, that the first indirect evidence emerged that the various combinations of these force fields can indeed "distinguish" between the two mirror images of a molecule.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024
“They're indirect evidence that we are probably not that far off from AGI,” Goertzel said in March at a conference on deep learning at Florida Atlantic University.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2023
In addition to Hamilton, Mason and Madison's pronouncements, there is also indirect evidence.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2023
While we can’t get inside a Neanderthal mind to understand how they thought, we have indirect evidence of the limits to their cognition compared with their Sapiens rivals.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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