parsimony
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Parsimony alone would suggest that Wilson is the anomaly here, unless of course he has discovered some important new information.
From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2017
Parsimony and model-based analyses of indels in avian nuclear genes reveal congruent and incongruent phylogenetic signals.
From Scientific American • Jan. 27, 2014
Parsimony as well: Bush's request of $14.6 billion for fiscal 1990, which began Oct.
From Time Magazine Archive
On his right hand was a fiend called Rapine, and on his left a particular favourite to whom he had given the title of Parsimony.
From The Tatler, Volume 3 by Various
Hamilton’s Law of Parsimony in the weighing of evidence!
From The Jacket (Star-Rover) by London, Jack
Vocabulary lists containing parsimony
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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"The Gift of the Magi"
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"A Modest Proposal," Vocabulary from the satire
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