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indirect evidence

NOUN
secondary evidence
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But indirect evidence suggests it could have already slowed by around 15% over the last couple of centuries, although not all scientists agree.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025

It was only a few years ago, though, that the first indirect evidence emerged that the various combinations of these force fields can indeed "distinguish" between the two mirror images of a molecule.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024

In addition to Hamilton, Mason and Madison's pronouncements, there is also indirect evidence.

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2023

“We have indirect evidence that there’s an innovation arms race happening.”

From Scientific American ● Sep. 12, 2022

While we can’t get inside a Neanderthal mind to understand how they thought, we have indirect evidence of the limits to their cognition compared with their Sapiens rivals.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari



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