definitive evidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdefinitiveandevidence
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definitive
adjective
uk/dɪˈfɪn.ɪ.tɪv/us/dɪˈfɪn.ə.t̬ɪv/
not able to be changed ...
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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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Furthermore, findingdefinitiveevidencein many areas, especially the newer social concerns in public health, may often be very difficult, if not impossible.
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In short, they providedefinitiveevidencein favour of the methodological critique put forward.
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Future studies using additional, more highly variable loci will provide moredefinitiveevidencefor zoonotic transmission in these and other communities.
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This lack ofdefinitiveevidencemay also reflect the difficulty of establishing epidemiological links between infections with extended incubation times and antecedent dental procedures.
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Any speculation as to why he made up his mind to join the church is futile due to the lack ofdefinitiveevidence.
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We do not, however, finddefinitiveevidenceof further abatement in the firms that were in compliance already at the start of the program.
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Empirical data are certainly insufficient to providedefinitiveevidencefor many of our arguments.
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To date, there is nodefinitiveevidencelinking breast implants to cancer, immunologic diseases, neurologic problems, or other systemic diseases.
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However, nodefinitiveevidencehas as yet been found in the literature or at the site to make this association certain.
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Although correlational designs provide lessdefinitiveevidenceof causality than do experimental manipulations, the findings point to a likelihood of causal effects.
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Symptomatic similarity, although suggestive of similar etiology, is notdefinitiveevidencebecause similar symptoms can arise for different reasons.
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We are not aware ofdefinitiveevidencethat loss early in life, or more recently, has a greater or lesser effect on attachment representation.
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Early trials suggest some theoretical benefits over existing drugs but clearlydefinitiveevidenceis required before widespread use is made of this agent.
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Such studies could confirm or refute claims for the presence of intact chains3, which even the most severe critics admit would bedefinitiveevidencefor life.
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Clinicians frequently agreed thatdefinitiveevidencewas not yet available, but they were unwilling to wait some years while an apparently promising intervention passes their patients by.
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I have rapidly looked through the report a second time to see whether anydefinitiveevidencewas provided that rural pubs were threatened.
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There is, however, nodefinitiveevidencethat these are due solely to the recovery plan nor that they can be sustained without further significant action.
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They have received assurances that it should not be, but there is nodefinitiveevidenceto prove that it is not.
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