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A good explanation evinces a willingness to report facts, and we aim to do just that here. To evince something is to show it clearly; the thing evinced is typically an intangible, such as an attitude or intent. Before the current use of evince was established in the late 18th century, the word could mean "to conquer or subdue" and "to convince or conclusively refute," both meanings evincing a link to the word's Latin ancestry: the verb evincere, means "to vanquish" or "to win a point." It comes from another Latin verb, vincere, meaning "to conquer." That word counts among its offspring convince, invincible, vanquish, and victory.
Examples of evince in a Sentence
Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Granted, PCs and the internet were harder to initially embrace due to cost and difficulty of setup, but AI adoption is right in line with two pivotal products of our current technological era, evincing its long-term transformative potential.
—Big Think, 6 Oct. 2025
Phillips’s tenure was not without controversy, as evinced by the tumultuous 2019 negotiations between leadership and unionizing staff, who complained of poor work conditions and low pay.
—News Desk, Artforum, 29 Sep. 2025
The Intel catastrophe evinces the realization that a singular goal of Delaware’s Revlon standard has proven too myopic for the moment.
—Andrew King, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Evince.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evince. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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