Evidence
Meaning
The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
Pronunciation
UK ˈevɪdəns
US ˈevɪdəns
Example Sentences
- For others, the overall structure, with the separate crust, the soft filling, and the absence of flour, is compelling evidence that it is a custard pie.
- Despite having formed over billions of years, evidence from volcanic lava flows is so recent many scientists believe it could still be active.
- Pictorial evidence of Roman fishing comes from mosaics.
- Evidence of recreational swimming in prehistoric times has been found, with the earliest evidence dating to Stone Age paintings from around 10,000 years ago.
- There are many myths and legends of Machu Picchu being used as a site for human sacrifice, yet very little scientific evidence backs this fact up.
- Based off all available evidence and the style in which Machu Picchu was constructed there is just one theory which is believed to be most likely.
- As you read more, you learn to question ideas and evaluate evidence carefully.
- Fourth, scientists have found strong evidence that liquid water once flowed across the surface of [Mars].
- Standing next to the [Eiffel Tower] feels more real once there is evidence on your phone.
- Algorithms had to guess at what was missing, and when two independent teams arrived at the same blurry orange ring, an educated guess hardened into evidence.
Learn Evidence in Context
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What the First Photographs of a Black Hole RevealedA black hole [cannot] be photographed, and yet in 2019 we did exactly that. What the Event Horizon Telescope revealed was never the hole itself, but the silhouette it carves in the incandescent gas or...Read story
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