adduce

as in to cite
to give as an example in support of a 12-month school year, the committee adduced data from other school districts

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Recent Examples of adduce 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 The term could justify both exclusion and engagement: the scourge of heathenism was later adduced as a reason to oppose Chinese immigration to California, and to support the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands. Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023 Examples are not difficult to adduce. Joseph Epstein, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020 See All Example Sentences for adduce
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  • Others cite the college spitting incident that followed two days later in the Florida-South Florida game as an example of how influential the NFL can be, suggesting that a suspension long enough to end spitting once and for all could benefit sportsmanship at all levels.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Detroit Tigers cite Major League Baseball’s policy banning unpermitted ticket sales.
    Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • The reason the figures are so low for 1992-93 and 1993-94 is that, as mentioned, the first two rounds in those seasons count as qualifying.
    Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Job postings that mentioned at least one AI skill advertised salaries 28% higher on average than those that listed none, representing roughly $18,000 more per year.
    Dylan Butts Shreya Ghosal, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Adduce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adduce. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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