circumstantial evidence
noun
: evidence that tends to prove a fact by proving other events or circumstances which afford a basis for a reasonable inference of the occurrence of the fact at issue
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There’s some circumstantial evidence in favor of mathematical chaos.
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Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2025
What this study does is go a step further by providing chemical evidence that directly links Megalodon to a high trophic level, rather than relying only on anatomical or circumstantial evidence.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
This bias weakened over time, as the theory came to have more distance from the Trump administration, and more suggestive bits of circumstantial evidence accrued.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 20 May 2025
Sanjay Roy, the police volunteer, was convicted on Saturday by Judge Anirban Das, who said circumstantial evidence had proved the charges against Roy.
—Reuters, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2025
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Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2025
What this study does is go a step further by providing chemical evidence that directly links Megalodon to a high trophic level, rather than relying only on anatomical or circumstantial evidence.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
This bias weakened over time, as the theory came to have more distance from the Trump administration, and more suggestive bits of circumstantial evidence accrued.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 20 May 2025
Sanjay Roy, the police volunteer, was convicted on Saturday by Judge Anirban Das, who said circumstantial evidence had proved the charges against Roy.
—Reuters, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Circumstantial evidence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circumstantial%20evidence. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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