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The seeming absoluteness of scientific thinking may predispose many medical practitioners or public health workers to assume the populace trust them, that evidential claims naturally validate interventions — no further Q&A needed.—Cory Anderson, STAT, 6 Mar. 2026 These approaches have about as much evidential support today as the CRAAP test did when it was invented.—Justin Reich, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025 If applicants are rejected individually on an evidential basis, perfectly fine.—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025 The difficulty of capturing observable behavior alongside actual subjective experience has meant that many theories remain speculative rather than evidential.—Benjamin Voyer, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for evidential