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She spoke with evident anguish about the death of her son.
The problems have been evident for quite some time.
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Most were evident when Newsom was elected governor in 2018, promising vigorous efforts to neutralize them, such as his ridiculous pledge to build 3.5 million units of housing, but most have become even more intractable during his reign.
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Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 14 Nov. 2024
That much was evident Saturday when the 49ers, as expected, took running back Christian McCaffrey off the injured reserve list and placed him on the 53-man roster.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
In this election, nowhere has this been more evident than in Trump's use of podcasts—an untraditional form of media—to appeal to young, especially male, voters.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
The key to this particular pattern is a fairly stable resistance level, which is evident on the chart of Visa with numerous tests of the $290 level since March 2024.
—David Keller, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
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Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 14 Nov. 2024
That much was evident Saturday when the 49ers, as expected, took running back Christian McCaffrey off the injured reserve list and placed him on the 53-man roster.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
In this election, nowhere has this been more evident than in Trump's use of podcasts—an untraditional form of media—to appeal to young, especially male, voters.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
The key to this particular pattern is a fairly stable resistance level, which is evident on the chart of Visa with numerous tests of the $290 level since March 2024.
—David Keller, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Evident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evident. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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evident
adjective
ev·i·dent
ˈev-əd-ənt 
-ə-ˌdent
: clear to the sight or mind : plain
was evident that they were twins
Etymology
Middle English evident "clearly seen or understood," from early French evident (same meaning), from Latin evident-, evidens (same meaning), from e-, ex- "out, away" and vident-, videns, a form of vidēre "to see" — related to vision
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