credible evidence

collocation in English

meaningsofcredibleandevidence

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credible
adjective
uk
/ˈkred.ə.bəl/us
/ˈkred.ə.bəl/
able to be believed ...
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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 ofcredibleandevidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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No definitivecredibleevidenceof assassination has been found, and it is highly improbable that there was any such attempt.
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Rather, it asks them whether thecredibleevidencepresented at trial excludes every hypothesis of innocencem that they can imagine.
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Presumably, this was because nocredibleevidencecould be brought forward to support it.
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But there is nocredibleevidencewhatsoever that there was a concerted and centrally directed, meaningful, significant and effective attempt to rig the election.
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The facts as found by the trial court should be sustained unless there is nocredibleevidenceto support them.
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If there is nothing beyond mere logical possibility, nocredibleevidence, in support of what appears to be a cooked-up theology, then one can just set its probability to zero.
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If there wascredibleevidenceof this, prosecutors (who have a passion for premeditation because that gets the stiffer penalties) would have brought a case on its basis.
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Terri had no living will and there was nocredibleevidenceabout what she might have wanted to happen to her half-alive body; 2!
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This prohibited the delivery of military aid to foreign military units in which there was 'credibleevidence ' that they had committed human rights violations (such as assisting paramilitary units).
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Relentless public and professional pressure to introduce new health technologies will continue unless there is acredibleevidence-based approach that holds the trust of the health system and the public.
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For the original statement to be used ascredibleevidencein those circumstances is enormously dangerous and may lead to a serious miscarriage of justice.
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I want us to havecredibleevidencethat can be presented in court.
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As a result, the children were not able to givecredibleevidenceand several cases were dismissed.
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Nocredibleevidence—the assessment of the prosecuting authorities—has been found to substantiate either theory.
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We face grave difficulties in securingcredibleevidencefrom the individuals affected.
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We have some of the toughest export controls in the world, and we shall act on anycredibleevidencethat they are being evaded.
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For both, pre-existing voluntary regulation is in place and there is acredibleevidencebase.
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Nocredibleevidenceof adverse effects has been produced.
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We have seen nocredibleevidenceto support their claims.
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