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.