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blow-by-blow, detailed, elaborate, full, minute, particular, particularized, thorough
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But Revill's lawyer contended that the evidence was circumstantial and that prosecutors had not proved their case, the station reported. — Tom Steele, Dallas News, "Fort Worth man convicted of kidnapping ex-girlfriend who vanished in 2016," 22 Aug. 2019 One study of the deadliest 31 mass shootings since 1966 found that 87% of mass shooters expressed an explicit or circumstantial desire for fame and attention. — Los Angeles Times, "Column: Mass shooters seek notoriety, and we, the media, provide it. Is there another way?," 12 Aug. 2019 This is hanging in the balance because all of this evidence, this isn't just circumstantial anymore. — Fox News, "Rudy Giuliani reacts to Paul Manafort's plea deal," 14 Sep. 2018 There are circumstantial reasons for the teacher to be concerned about Luce despite his good grades (most notably that a bag of fireworks was found in his gym locker). — David Sims, The Atlantic, "A Flawed Thriller About the Myth of the ‘Model Immigrant’," 5 Aug. 2019 The case against Amato, Dowdy claimed, is purely circumstantial. — Michael Williams, orlandosentinel.com, "Grant Amato trial: Jury deliberating in trial of man accused of killing family over relationship with webcam model," 31 July 2019 Both circumstantial and physical evidence led to his arrest after her body was found in the trunk of her car outside a vacant home last week. — CBS News, "Grim details emerge about man accused of killing Baton Rouge civil rights activist," 17 July 2019 The purely circumstantial nature of Dr. Gott’s prediction unsettles many who hear of it. — William Poundstone, WSJ, "‘Doomsday’ Math Says Humanity May Have Just 760 Years Left," 27 June 2019 The fact that energy has dominated the thermodynamics story up to now might be circumstantial rather than profound, Oppenheim said. — Quanta Magazine, "The Quantum Thermodynamics Revolution," 2 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'circumstantial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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