anecdotal report
Frequency: 6.03.5 per million words
a report based on unverified stories or personal experiences
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Examples (10)
- While we have many anecdotal reports of the herb's effectiveness, there's no clinical data to support it.
- The journalist dismissed the claim, saying it was based on a single anecdotal report.
- The committee has received numerous anecdotal reports about the new software's bugs.
- Is this conclusion based on solid research or just an anecdotal report from one user?
- This anecdotal report, though compelling, cannot be considered conclusive evidence.
- We cannot make a policy change based on nothing more than an anecdotal report.
- An anecdotal report was submitted by a local resident about strange lights in the sky.
- Although each anecdotal report suggested a link, the correlation could not be statistically proven.
- He said, 'It's just an anecdotal report, so take it with a grain of salt.'
- The team will investigate further after receiving a concerning anecdotal report from a client.