conflicting evidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconflictingandevidence
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conflicting
adjective
uk/kənˈflɪk.tɪŋ/us/kənˈflɪk.tɪŋ/
Conflicting beliefs, needs, facts, etc. are different ...
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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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The authors have had to be selective, otherwise the readership would have been overwhelmed byconflictingevidenceand comment.
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Studies that focused purely on the chromatic input to global motion processing provideconflictingevidence.
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There isconflictingevidenceabout how age affects an organization's chances of survival.
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The multi-authored nature of the book, however, is also one of its weaknesses becauseconflictingevidenceis provided in different chapters.
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Despite the general dramatic decline with distance, there isconflictingevidenceover whether animal dispersed or wind-dispersed seeds move farther.
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There isconflictingevidence, first in terms of the impact of retirement on the emotional quality of the relationship.
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Under a subsequent section on mental health, there is full discussion on theconflictingevidencesuggesting acculturation influences psychological wellbeing.
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Previous research has yieldedconflictingevidenceregarding the long-term cognitive outcome of depression.
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The present study foundconflictingevidencefor this, at least in terms of our measures of rates of herbivory.
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There isconflictingevidenceregarding the value of ongoing self-testing in people whose diabetes is controlled by diet and lifestyle.
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Nothing definite emerges from suchconflictingevidence, save that certainly the species is as much an alakali- as an acido-phile.
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There isconflictingevidencefor asthma's course during pregnancy, and the adage "a third get better, a third remain the same and a third get worse" is still often quoted.
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Even to the limited extent that statements by officials preferring management to policy work refer to management as defined by the bureau-shaping model, there appears to be muchconflictingevidence.
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Conversely, however, the truth of any such hypothesis cannot be ruled out a priori merely becauseconflictingevidencecould occur, but has not yet been observed.
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The trouble is the veryconflictingevidencewe have.
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We have had someconflictingevidenceabout the effect of smoke upon health, and whether smoke includes the more noxious particles or not.
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I needed an independent body because both sides were givingconflictingevidence.
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Much confusion, as a result ofconflictingevidence, reigns on that matter.
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