as in evidence
something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim
the archaeologist presented convincing documentation of her theory at the conference
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Recent Examples of documentation
Newman analyzed data from towns across the U.S., France, England, Japan, and Italy and found significant problems with age documentation.
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Hannah Singleton, Health, 9 Dec. 2024
The Baltimore Community Foundation co-sponsored the documentation project that was being featured at the event.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2024
In June, an investigation by Noticias Telemundo of records in 23 border counties in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Florida found that more than 1,500 people lacking immigration documentation were in morgues, laboratories or cemeteries waiting to be identified and repatriated.
—Albinson Linares, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
And responses are much faster, of course, than having to ask a person or looking up in some documentation and find an answer there.
—New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
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Hannah Singleton, Health, 9 Dec. 2024
The Baltimore Community Foundation co-sponsored the documentation project that was being featured at the event.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2024
In June, an investigation by Noticias Telemundo of records in 23 border counties in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Florida found that more than 1,500 people lacking immigration documentation were in morgues, laboratories or cemeteries waiting to be identified and repatriated.
—Albinson Linares, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
And responses are much faster, of course, than having to ask a person or looking up in some documentation and find an answer there.
—New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for documentation
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No reasonable fact-finder could find in Debtor’s favor on the justification issue based on the evidence presented on the Motion.Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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The recent studies of asteroid and comet material add to the evidence that the first steps of the assembly process happen in space—and happen very readily.Elise Cutts, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
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The legal proceedings against the Tate brothers are civil matters, which carries a lower standard of proof than criminal cases.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Boosters nevertheless clung to citrus and its markers — the smell of orange blossoms, the crate labels with idyllic scenes of Old California — as proof of our subtropical paradise.Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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On the night before the verdict, they were joined by more than a dozen journalists, clambering for the best angle of their emerging messages, pasted up on walls already crowded by other snippets of testimony and poetry.Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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As this first episode unfolds, Preacher’s stubbornly optimistic about his chances of being acquitted and refuses to involve Paige and Christopher even though Brie, as Preacher’s lawyer, says Paige’s testimony about her late ex would pretty well put an end to the prosecution’s already weak case.Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Documentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/documentation. Accessed 28 Dec. 2024.
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