anecdotal
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Anecdotal evidence from inside the industry suggests you will have to pay near 6%.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
Anecdotal claims about smoother skin or increased energy are likely to be placebo effects.
From Salon • Jan. 27, 2025
"Anecdotal reports can serve as important indicators of environmental health problems," she says, but stresses that without systematic data collection, establishing evidence of a causal relationship is difficult.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024
Anecdotal evidence suggests the majority of people who purchase licenses from the city aren’t breeding their dogs, said Staycee Dains, the Animal Services Department’s general manager, at a hearing last year.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2024
Anecdotal evidence from the UK and US suggests that this is common throughout many other parts of the world.
From Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press by Various
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