corroborative evidence

collocation in English

meaningsofcorroboratingandevidence

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corroborating
adjective
uk
/kəˈrɒb.ər.eɪ.tɪŋ/
us
/kəˈrɑː.bə.reɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
adding proof to an account, statement, idea, etc. with ...
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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 defence attacks the second witness claim by pointing out thecorroborativeevidencethat the witness is biased (17).
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Removing these dates from their analysis does not disprove their conclusions, but it does reduce theircorroborativeevidence.
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Our procedure of varying the stimulation of one cone class independently brings out this nonmonotonicity butcorroborativeevidenceis implicit in a previous study.
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Corroborativeevidencecomes from another source, though one of very uncertain authority.
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The answer lies in their double coding as legallycorroborativeevidenceand as culturally objective insight.
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As a resultcorroborativeevidencebased on the four domain scores for the domains of mental health is not available.
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There is the author's unique research method relying on interviews with either a subject, or, in some cases, the subject's relative, without anycorroborativeevidence.
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Whenever there is nocorroborativeevidenceto support such an assumption, however, such transactions have been counted as a surrender to non-kin.
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The cross-national evidence presented so far provides strongcorroborativeevidencefor our argument.
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Andcorroborativeevidencecontinues to emerge from other sources, in particular the field of behavioral genetics.
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This assertion lackscorroborativeevidence.
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If there is somecorroborativeevidencelife for the child support officer would be a lot easier, and anycorroborativeevidencewould be welcome.
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The availability ofcorroborativeevidenceis increasing all the time as forensic science improves.
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I want to seecorroborativeevidenceavailable as well as speedometer evidence.
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By definition, there is nocorroborativeevidence, except what can be found from trawling.
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In order to getcorroborativeevidence, persons importuned should be asked to give their names and addresses and to attend court.
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Consequently, the magistrates must havecorroborativeevidenceof the statement on which they are called upon to act.
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But so long as the ticket is on view he can getcorroborativeevidence.
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The first point to make is that radar devices, or indeed any other mechanical or electronic devices, provide onlycorroborativeevidence.
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