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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The zircon grain may contain the oldest direct evidence of ancient hot water on the red planet, which may have provided environments such as hot springs that are associated with life on Earth.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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Although the nation’s intelligence agencies have been divided over COVID’s origins, no empirical evidence has ever been published to support the lab-leak theory.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Rafał Trzaskowski, the presidential candidate of the ruling party of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, recently accused Poland’s central bank of mismanaging inflation and offered to send the governor some butter as proof, according to the Financial Times.Hanna Ziady, CNN, 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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The defense rested its case after Smock's testimony.Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
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Burns, then, over the attorneys’ objection, ordered them not to have contact with him about his testimony or his case overall.Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Documentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/documentation. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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