How to Use anecdotal in a Sentence

anecdotal

adjective
  • But these aren’t just anecdotal ideas—they are proven facts.
    — Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The only way to know how someone looks is anecdotal.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Of course, this kind of anecdotal evidence doesn't tell us all that much.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 1 June 2018
  • Much of the outcry is anecdotal, but there lots of anecdotes.
    — Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Most of what is known about any such connection is anecdotal.
    — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • And there’s data that seems to suggest this isn’t all anecdotal.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026
  • There’s some good, non-anecdotal evidence more teams would do well to build this way.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2019
  • This story doesn’t need an anecdotal lead because each of us has a story of our own.
    — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Much of this reporting comes from anecdotal success since the tech has not yet caught up.
    — Norma Watenpaugh, Forbes, 10 June 2022
  • At best, the answers were anecdotal, so Olezeski set out to learn more.
    — courant.com, 1 Mar. 2022
  • And what’s clear, says Rubin, is that this is not just an anecdotal problem.
    — Megan Molteni, Wired, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The list is anecdotal and not evidence of any sweeping fraud.
    — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Malow has seen a lot of anecdotal evidence to back that up at the sleep clinic.
    — NBC News, 16 Feb. 2020
  • The evidence may not just be anecdotal.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • That sense of safety and inclusion is more than anecdotal.
    — Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026
  • But anecdotal evidence and a bit of mom-sense can tell us a lot about what might be happening.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2021
  • The Pro Bowl may be anecdotal but is a fair gauge of talent or lack thereof.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025
  • And recent photos of the park taken from high above offer some anecdotal proof.
    — Scott Craven, azcentral, 15 July 2019
  • And yet, there’s been very little data to back up a wealth of anecdotal evidence.
    — Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 17 Aug. 2018
  • But there's a lot of anecdotal evidence that people are starting to get hurt.
    — Fox News, 8 July 2018
  • Some gays left the city, although the facts of that are more anecdotal than empirical.
    — Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2021
  • And for some who are eager to conceive, the anecdotal assurance may be enough.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The thing about feelings is, the anecdotal lede is all about inciting a feeling.
    — Danielle Tcholakian, Longreads, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Of course this is anecdotal evidence and of course there are other extremes.
    — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • There are only anecdotal reports that the cancer drug could help people with autism.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
  • But these benefits are still largely anecdotal right now.
    — Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 17 Nov. 2025
  • And although this is purely anecdotal, the treatment technique has helped friends of mine.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 6 May 2021
  • The study offers anecdotal evidence of these problems from around the world.
    — Ashley Stimpson, Wired, 13 May 2021
  • There was plenty of anecdotal evidence of that, and data seemed to confirm the state of mind.
    — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2020
  • But the evidence is still anecdotal.
    — Victoria Moorhouse, Allure, 1 Oct. 2025

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