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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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The effect was evident in women, but not statistically significant in men.
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Carla K. Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
And the sense of community that this helps to build will, of course, be evident when those enthusiastic readers meet each other and some of their literary heroes next month.
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Walters' admitted conservative bias is evident in other areas of the high school curriculum.
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Carla K. Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
And the sense of community that this helps to build will, of course, be evident when those enthusiastic readers meet each other and some of their literary heroes next month.
—Roger Trapp, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Walters' admitted conservative bias is evident in other areas of the high school curriculum.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 22 May 2025
But the potential pitfalls of the head coaching job are evident, too.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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“Evident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evident. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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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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