textual evidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftextualandevidence
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textual
adjective
uk/ˈteks.tʃu.əl/us/ˈteks.tʃu.əl/
relating to written or ...
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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 oftextualandevidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftextual evidence
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Let us examine thetextualevidencefor this interpretation.
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This means that our analysis cannot be buttressed bytextualevidenceof kinship relations.
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That would include, by extension, musical composition, although, at present, there is no directtextualevidenceto confirm this.
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We have notextualevidenceto show from where these extra entries came.
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The obvious way to proceed is to explore thetextualevidence.
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The first three chapters, making up about half the book, are devoted to thetextualevidence.
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There is, however, conflictingtextualevidenceconcerning which of the questions (the narrow or the broad) he intends to address.
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In each instance he offerstextualevidence, some of which may be convincing and some of which may not.
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The only availabletextualevidenceis confessions taken during the hearing.
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That said, the indirectness of the relationship between thetextualevidenceand regional origin should not be overstated.
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Not only is this conclusion intuitively plausible; it is also supported in his book by a wealth of archeological andtextualevidence.
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Unfortunately, he provides notextualevidencefor this interpretation.
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Essential parts of thetextualevidencefor this history are evidently lost or so far unknown to us.
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One is still, though, left with the conspicuous lack oftextualevidencein the form of translations to cinch the case.
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There is about them an obvious sense of desperation, of reaching well beyond thetextualevidencein order to identify an interpretative register appropriate to the opera's effect.
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This is due, in large part, to the fact that there is notextualevidenceavailable for any language which shows the complete process to have occurred.
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Griffin painstakingly summons up appropriatetextualevidenceto support her readings, making clear links to broader socio-political contexts and sociological accounts of diasporic experiences.
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Brown accordingly looks for tentativetextualevidencefor such a reconciliation (pp. 109-10).
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