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We won't lead you astray over the history of adduce; it is one of a plethora of familiar words that trace to the Latin root dūcere, which means "to lead." Perhaps we can induce you to deduce a few other dūcere offspring if we offer a few hints about them. One is a synonym of kidnap, one's a title for a British royal, and one's another word for decrease. There are your leads; here are the answers. They are abduct, duke, and reduce, respectively. There are also many others, including induce, which means "to persuade" or "to bring about."
Examples of adduce in a Sentence
Washington Post, 9 July 2024
Among reasons for choosing to shoot in Bilbao-Bizkaia, producers adduced tax credits and subsidies (4.73/5), followed by past experience (4.22/5) and locations (4.08/5).
—John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Mar. 2024
In the days since, this seemingly straightforward reference to a surprise attack on the innocent and the need to punish its perpetrators has been adduced as evidence of Netanyahu’s genocidal intent.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2024
The moral problem adduced by their work had been debated by the Los Alamos scientists incessantly from the beginning.
—Longreads, 20 July 2023
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“Adduce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adduce. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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