How to Use anecdotal in a Sentence

anecdotal

adjective
Definition of anecdotalnext
  • That’s not to say that anecdotal observations don’t then sometimes form the basis to study something.
    — Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2021
  • But estimates of their numbers and staying power were mainly anecdotal.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Jackman is one of 30 people who had lived on the streets in the Salem area who died in the past 14 months, according to anecdotal accounts.
    — Saphara Harrell, oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Merrill only gave anecdotal evidence of voter fraud in Alabama when asked in the documentary.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 8 Apr. 2021
  • At best, the answers were anecdotal, so Olezeski set out to learn more.
    — courant.com, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Much of this reporting comes from anecdotal success since the tech has not yet caught up.
    — Norma Watenpaugh, Forbes, 10 June 2022
  • One of the sort of benchmark stories about misuse of Wegovy is the anecdotal story about Elon Musk.
    — Sheila Cosgrove Baylis, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Some gays left the city, although the facts of that are more anecdotal than empirical.
    — Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2021
  • So anyway, and a fair amount of sort of anecdotal market research on it and then the numbers sort of spoke for themselves.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 29 May 2024
  • So far, much of the evidence of the success or failure of the new ordinance is anecdotal.
    — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The album is full of the anecdotal bars that made Von a star, along with some of his most vulnerable moments on record.
    — Dewayne Gage, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2022
  • But anecdotal evidence and a bit of mom-sense can tell us a lot about what might be happening.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2021
  • The study offers anecdotal evidence of these problems from around the world.
    — Ashley Stimpson, Wired, 13 May 2021
  • All of the above merely amounts to a compendium of signs and anecdotal evidence that point to the strong likelihood of the return.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 3 Apr. 2022
  • And although this is purely anecdotal, the treatment technique has helped friends of mine.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 6 May 2021
  • Mario Williams, a civil rights lawyer in Atlanta, said Flores has a strong case because his claims are not just anecdotal.
    — NBC News, 3 Feb. 2022
  • In thousands of anecdotal stories, this is exactly the case.
    — Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • There are plenty of anecdotal examples to back up each side.
    — Tami Luhby, CNN, 3 June 2021
  • Plus, there’s a lot of anecdotal support for this hack: Dr. Baker says many of her patients swear by it, for example.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 20 Mar. 2024
  • What evidence did exist as to the unique dangers of switchblades at the time bans were imposed appears to have been anecdotal.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
  • That may be purely anecdotal, but nonetheless the stage was set for a truly special Test match.
    — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • There have been anecdotal reports that pets or livestock have been sickened.
    — Patrick Orsagos, ajc, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The connection is mostly anecdotal at this point, but lots of people feel the urge to run to the bathroom pretty soon after their morning cup of joe.
    — Sarah Bradley, Women's Health, 20 Mar. 2023
  • In any case, anecdotal evidence points to the effect that the most recent Russian invasion has had on the Finnish psyche.
    — Gordon F. Sander, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2022
  • Many research studies and anecdotal stories speak to the prevalence of these problems.
    — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2021
  • To this point, Payne’s impact on the program has been apparent but mostly anecdotal.
    — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 26 May 2022
  • Rice leaves to readers the task of connecting his anecdotal stories to the breaking of America.
    — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022
  • There are no hard data to ground what amounts to anecdotal observation.
    — Samuel Clowes Huneke, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The anecdotal stories can make even the least interesting topics seem fun.
    — Patrice J. Williams, Parents, 12 July 2024
  • This is anecdotal, of course, but there is some evidence to corroborate it: one poll of Muslim voters, conducted in late August, found that Harris and Stein were tied.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024

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