expert opinion

noun

: a belief or judgment about something given by an expert on the subject

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Update, March 21, 2025: This story, originally published March 20, has been updated with further details regarding the AI attacks facing Gmail users and the FBI secret code warning issued in response, as well as expert opinion from cybersecurity professionals. Davey Winder, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 That to me is a relevant expert opinion that suggests high value in protecting the historic fabric. Christopher McVoy, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025 Offering an expert opinion on drywall installation or paint jobs still has its perks. Steven Dudash, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025 Contrary to media headlines, Kennedy is not ending vaccines, or ignoring expert opinion, or taking ADHD medicines away from children. Michael Bernick, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 The practice of medicine has undergone an incredible, albeit incomplete, transformation over the past 50 years, moving steadily from a field informed primarily by expert opinion and the anecdotal experience of individual clinicians toward a formal scientific discipline. Aaron J. Masino, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025 Trump's amicus, or friend-of-the-court brief, is an expert opinion typically submitted for one side of a legal dispute. Sean O'Driscoll, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025 By 2020, many tech companies acted like arms of the ruling class, enforcing speech codes on racial matters and urging public conformity to expert opinion on the pandemic. The Editors, National Review, 13 Feb. 2025 An amicus, or friend of the court, is a person or organization who submits an expert opinion to a court in support of a party in a case. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024

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“Expert opinion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expert%20opinion. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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