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anecdotal

adjective as in informal

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It will look at both economic indicators and anecdotal evidence to gauge the magnitude of U.S. tariffs’ impact on Japan, he added.

Officials are flying blind for the moment and must rely instead on private-sector data sources or anecdotal information from businesses about pricing and hiring decisions.

Yet the evidence supporting this claim is often anecdotal and complex - as was the case with Maya the cat.

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There is some anecdotal evidence to suggest that an increasingly hostile immigration environment in the US is prompting a few Indians to think along these lines.

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Critics tried to dismiss the evidence as merely anecdotal.

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