conclusive evidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconclusiveandevidence
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conclusive
adjective
uk/kənˈkluː.sɪv/us/kənˈkluː.sɪv/
proving that something is true, or ending ...
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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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Both in cosmic environments and astrophysical settings, there isconclusiveevidenceof magnetic fields.
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Based on our findings, perceptual similarity may qualify as a sort ofconclusiveevidencefor two-year-olds that labels do not denote mutually exclusive categories.
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In this empirical literature, there are indications (but littleconclusiveevidence) of an association between the temporal environmental heterogeneity and the amount of genetic variation.
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In the absence of anyconclusiveevidencebearing on this possible explanation, it must remain a matter of conjecture.
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In the absence of historical records, however, this research does not furnishconclusiveevidenceconcerning the conveyor of the material.
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However, more research is needed to come up withconclusiveevidenceof its cause.
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Animal studies are essential to provideconclusiveevidencethat alcohol, in the absence of confounding variables, is a teratogen.
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The tax records were consideredconclusiveevidenceof both age and residency.
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Again the confidence interval is wide and thus there is noconclusiveevidencethat nonmetallic deodorant treatment inflates the risk of reaction in the axilla.
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However, this result should not be taken asconclusiveevidencegiven the low power of the analysis.
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Moreconclusiveevidencemay be obtained by comparing different religions within the same ethnic group or culture.
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There is no realconclusiveevidencethat their narratives are culture-specific since we have no comparison with narratives constructed in other cultures.
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Necessarily in such an idiom, some arguments are developed with suggestive rather thanconclusiveevidence, and some insights appear almost as asides.
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The research has providedconclusiveevidencethat pupils often compose music outside school.
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Sinceconclusiveevidenceis virtually never obtainable, the condition entails that one never knows anything.
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Moreover, microeconomic environmental valuation studies do not offerconclusiveevidencein support of a high income elasticity of demand for environmental quality.
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However, there was noconclusiveevidenceof labour-depleting undernourishment, even in valleys where only the fittest survived.
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The investigation of co-occurrence for manner features does not provideconclusiveevidencein favour of an independent manner-based constraint, as mentioned above.
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