supporting evidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsupportingandevidence
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supporting
adjective
uk/səˈpɔː.tɪŋ/us/səˈpɔːr.t̬ɪŋ/
not the most important actor or part in a film ...
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evidence
noun[U]
uk/ˈev.ɪ.dəns/us/ˈev.ə.dəns/
one or more reasons for believing that something is or is ...
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(Definition ofsupportingandevidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsupporting evidence
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The occurrence of significant gene flow between populations provides interesting additionalsupportingevidencefor their dispersal potential.
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Supportingevidencefor the hypothesis that lithium's neuroprotection might play a role in its ability to effectively manage bipolar disorder comes from two sources.
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Moreover, only a fraction of the essentialsupportingevidencecould be adduced in paper, article, or even chapter format.
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Supportingevidencefor this comes from visual examination of feeding areas which shows that weevils sometimes feed around resin ducts without puncturing them.
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Some of theirsupportingevidenceis reconsidered and additional data are presented from study of another memory expert.
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Supportingevidencecan be found in the data collected on plant height.
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In other words, probability estimates differ in weight, depending on how rich theirsupportingevidenceis.
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And it declared that the national government had shown no special skill in administering workers' compensation for its own employees, but offered littlesupportingevidence.
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Supportingevidenceshould relate to the specific patient selection criterion.
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Some writers in the mechanismic school appear to take the position that, withoutsupportingevidence at the micro-foundational level, causation has not been proven.
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This conclusion is reached, as per our thesis, without reference to anysupportingevidenceon the two alternative interventions.
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However, this hypothesis remains speculative in the absence ofsupportingevidence.
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There were many other self-help interventions with weakersupportingevidence, including music, meditation and alcohol avoidance (for people with alcohol-use disorders).
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Unfortunately, there is little correspondence between how frequently an intervention is used and whether it hassupportingevidenceof effectiveness.
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In this case the argument involvessupportingevidencethat is conflicting.
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We also providesupportingevidencelater in this paper.
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We interpret the flexure as a taphonomic feature related to flattening, which arguably issupportingevidencefor the frond being trough-shaped in life.
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The second chapter presentssupportingevidencefor the importance of hydration as a crucial factor in seed germination.
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