indirect evidence
noun
: evidence that establishes immediately collateral facts from which the main fact may be inferred : circumstantial evidence
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Nath found some indirect evidence for autoimmunity.
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Kamal Nahas, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2024
That genetic data, though, was still indirect evidence.
—Laura Dattaro, Quanta Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
This results is understood as indirect evidence in favor of selective brain cooling in humans.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2014
In addition to the indirect evidence that the undercount can’t be that big, every ten years, the bureau spends millions of dollars trying to figure out how many people actually got missed by the previous decennial census by re-canvasing a representative sample of neighborhoods.
—Steven A. Camarota, National Review, 4 Apr. 2022
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Kamal Nahas, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2024
That genetic data, though, was still indirect evidence.
—Laura Dattaro, Quanta Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
This results is understood as indirect evidence in favor of selective brain cooling in humans.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2014
In addition to the indirect evidence that the undercount can’t be that big, every ten years, the bureau spends millions of dollars trying to figure out how many people actually got missed by the previous decennial census by re-canvasing a representative sample of neighborhoods.
—Steven A. Camarota, National Review, 4 Apr. 2022
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“Indirect evidence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indirect%20evidence. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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