in evidence
See also: inevidence
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- (idiomatic) Visibly present; noticeable.
- The usual managerial incompetence was in evidence in yesterday's meeting.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare & Co.; Sylvia Beach, OCLC 560090630; republished London: Published for the Egoist Press, London by John Rodker, Paris, October 1922, OCLC 2297483:Episode 16
- the guardians of the law were well in evidence, the obvious reason being they were paid to protect the upper classes.
- Received by a court of law as competent evidence.
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