How to Use evidential in a Sentence

evidential

adjective
  • The evidential standard is not ‘beyond a reasonable doubt,’ as in a criminal case.
    — The New Yorker, 3 June 2022
  • There’s evidential proof in recent years that the 28-year-old’s hot stretch bodes well for his play this week at Southern Hills, too.
    — Dallas News, 18 May 2022
  • Those holes soak up fingerprints like a sponge, quickly obscuring evidential marks from even the most meticulous forensic expert.
    — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 11 Nov. 2015
  • Other equipment is used to measure the friction of the roadway, slopes and to interpret/measure other evidential facts for their reconstructions.
    — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 17 June 2019
  • These approaches have about as much evidential support today as the CRAAP test did when it was invented.
    — Justin Reich, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The sculptures Adéagbo creates are evidential assemblages of disparate objects, figures and text that come together in a space that offers room for making connections.
    — Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2023
  • However, my overall assessment is that the evidential situation has been weakened to such an extent that there is no longer any reason to continue the investigation.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The evidential gap is all the trickier because little research exists in the first place showing that misinformation affects behavior by changing beliefs.
    — Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Evidence was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, which determined the evidential threshold was not met to bring charges.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
  • As the police have stated, a file of evidence was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, which determined that the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The class will focus on presenting historical and evidential bases for Christianity, defending it against objections.
    — Courant Community, 17 July 2017
  • Motion can be detected at distances up to 30 feet away and activity is automatically recorded for evidential purposes.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2021
  • There is some evidential truth to what Edelman and Patricia say; despite a roster full of talent, the defense continues to struggle, repeatedly falling victim to the same weaknesses.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The devices are extremely reliable when properly calibrated and maintained, and the discrepancies do not appear to directly impact or deal with the results of the evidential tests, according to police.
    — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 15 Jan. 2020
  • McAllister also said breath and urine samples are limited in their ability to identify inebriation, and blood samples can only be taken by hospital staff for medical, not evidential, reasons.
    — Amanda McCard, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The handwritten accounting document, called in Ukraine the Black Ledger, is an evidential linchpin for investigating corruption in the former government.
    — New York Times, 2 May 2018
  • Important aspects of the proposal lack any reasonable evidential support of reliability and validity.
    — Sophie Bushwick, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2012
  • Our advanced evidential breath alcohol testing instruments exceed the requirements of national and international regulatory agencies.
    — Stacy Cowley, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The seeming absoluteness of scientific thinking may predispose many medical practitioners or public health workers to assume the populace trust them, that evidential claims naturally validate interventions — no further Q&A needed.
    — Cory Anderson, STAT, 6 Mar. 2026

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