adduce
verb
ad·duce
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adduced;
adducing
Definition of adduce
: to offer as example, reason, or proof in discussion or analysis
adduce evidence in support of a theory
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Examples of adduce in a Sentence
in support of a 12-month school year, the committee adduced data from other school districts
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Even those parts of the essay were weakened, however, by his adducing French, bizarrely, as an example of the latter. — Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, "The Right Liberalism," 11 July 2019 Yet the firm has been adduced as proof that Europe’s steel industry has a future—even as this future once again looks in doubt. — The Economist, "The European steel industry is being clobbered," 28 June 2019 Not a scintilla of evidence has been adduced that learning has been improved. — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, "Sage Against the Machine," 31 Aug. 2018 Not a shred of evidence has been adduced suggesting otherwise, which federal investigators and NCAA officials have acknowledged. — Chris Chavez, SI.com, "Attorney Investigating Arizona: DeAndre Ayton 'Abided By All Applicable Rules', 'Fully Eligible'," 25 Feb. 2018 And the report adduces no evidence that the Trump supporters knew the origin of the account. — Rich Lowry, National Review, "The Facebook Farce," 24 Oct. 2017 And the report adduces no evidence that the Trump supporters knew the origin of the account. — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, "DNC, Clinton campaign helped fund research that led to Trump-Russia dossier," 24 Oct. 2017 This lack of recent strong U.S. hurricane strikes has been much remarked upon - and a number of ideas have been adduced to explain it. — Chris Mooney, chicagotribune.com, "Harvey, Irma and more: The science behind the sudden end to the U.S. hurricane 'drought'," 7 Sep. 2017 The court denied removal of the guardian and lawyer saying no evidence was adduced. — Cincinnati.com, "Column: A great need for more reform in guardianship," 3 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'adduce.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for adduce
adduce
verb
English Language Learners Definition of adduce
formal
: to mention or provide (something, such as a fact or example) as evidence or proof to support an argument
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