How to Use anecdotal evidence in a Sentence

anecdotal evidence

noun
  • But there may be anecdotal evidence that this is changing.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 2023-04-13
  • There was anecdotal evidence to give Dr. zur Hausen a start.
    — Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 2023-06-01
  • Sure, anecdotal evidence is powerful and parents and teens have strong feelings in their gut that this stuff is bad for them.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 2024-02-16
  • Still, my physician shared, a fair amount of anecdotal evidence abounds as to how to navigate this strange new chapter.
    — Maura Brannigan, Vogue, 2023-07-25
  • Just how many of these things are actually proven to work, and which ones rely solely on anecdotal evidence?
    — Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 2024-03-04
  • The study was inspired by anecdotal evidence of people finding fewer dead bugs on their windshields.
    — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 2023-05-30
  • The big picture: If anecdotal evidence is any indication, the kids these days have moved on.
    — Nathan Bomey, Axios, 2025-03-20
  • Though the change was reported in the press, anecdotal evidence suggests that some of our fellow drivers are unaware of it.
    — Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 2024-04-22
  • So there’s plenty of anecdotal evidence that locking airline seats is an idea that would fly in America.
    — Christopher Elliott, Dallas News, 2023-06-14
  • So there's plenty of anecdotal evidence that locking airline seats is an idea that would fly in America.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 2023-06-09
  • For now, this kind of anecdotal evidence is all that’s out there—there’s little research putting tirzepatide and semaglutide’s side effects head-to-head on a wide scale.
    — Julia Ries, Health, 2025-05-13
  • Some anecdotal evidence suggests that too much nitrogen worsens the clover mite problem.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
  • The report puts a number on the anecdotal evidence of layoffs rippling through the economy.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Just as Simmons shouldn’t be handed the job based on hope, neither should he be held back merely because of the anecdotal evidence from a year ago.
    — Sam McDowell July 22, Kansas City Star, 2025-07-23
  • While anecdotal evidence suggests many of the Orioles young hitters are good at the same things, Blood demurs.
    — Eno Sarris, The Athletic, 2024-08-15
  • The anecdotal evidence from different industry leaders echoes what has been clearly showing up in the data.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
  • There is a lack of credible research and studies, and only anecdotal evidence (derived from stories people tell).
    — Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Trump argued crime was the primary reason for why residents and tourists weren’t eating out in the past few years, offering anecdotal evidence to back up his point.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2025
  • That underscored rising concerns of weakening in the labor market, a trend that has shown up in anecdotal evidence for several months.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Even conservative groups that push the voter-fraud narrative can only manage to put together a list of anecdotal evidence.
    — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
  • South Africa is thought to have a coastal undersea freshwater bonanza, too, and there is at least anecdotal evidence that every continent may have the same.
    — Rodrique Ngowi, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • While there is anecdotal evidence that suggests dogs display addictive-like behaviors towards their toys, such as whining if a toy is out of reach or playing despite being injured, this study put it to the test.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025
  • What do the facts and the anecdotal evidence all around us tell us? Donald Trump made an impromptu visit to a bodega in New York recently.
    — Sam Faddis, Baltimore Sun, 2024-05-06
  • There also has been anecdotal evidence, with reports of the Apple TV app crashing from high demand after the first two episodes of Pluribus were put up on the platform.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2025
  • The theory that certain reptiles innately recognize the dangers associated with smoke is supported by years of anecdotal evidence.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
  • There’s anecdotal evidence of users getting Perplexity to spit out whole NYP articles verbatim, which doesn’t look good for the defendant.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Despite the fact that the FOMC has reiterated time and again that its decision is based on economic data and anecdotal evidence only, that hasn’t stopped high-profile individuals from having their say.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Abstraction reverses into anecdotal evidence.
    — Big Think, 16 Nov. 2025
  • For example, anecdotal evidence from the UNC Tax Center discusses that when the State of Washington proposed a wealth tax on billionaires, the few wealthy people this tax would have applied to chose to flee the state rather than face the higher bills.
    — Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • But while the long-term trend in the West suggests young people are increasingly disengaged with mainstream religion, recent surveys and anecdotal evidence point to a rise in interest in Catholicism among Gen Z in the United States and Europe.
    — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025

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