Definition of indirect evidence
: evidence that establishes immediately collateral facts from which the main fact may be inferred : circumstantial evidence
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That’s why, for this new study in the journal Nature, an international team of astronomers relied on indirect evidence, searching instead for signatures of oxygen and helium—elements that can only be created in the cores of stars.
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Attorneys usually try to prove their case with indirect evidence, such as a defendant’s hiring record.
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So the new studies sought to infer the state of the circulation from more indirect evidence.
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So the new studies sought to infer the state of the circulation from more indirect evidence.
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Caltech astronomers Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin have accumulated indirect evidence for an object that’s more than twice the diameter of Earth, but 10 times as far from the sun as Pluto.
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Until now there was only indirect evidence of kilonovas.
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Several years ago, observations of the behaviour of pairs of dead stars called pulsars provided indirect evidence that such waves are real.
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And, whatever the value of using indirect evidence to interpret the Constitution, the demands of historical research and vigorous legal advocacy can tug in different directions.
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First Known Use of indirect evidence
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