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The phrase "accepting evidence" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the process of acknowledging or considering evidence in a debate, legal context, or research.
Example: "The court is responsible for accepting evidence that is relevant to the case at hand."
Alternatives: "acknowledging evidence" or "considering evidence".
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We are geared toward accepting evidence from the battlefield.
She said the legislature had made a reasonable judgment in accepting evidence that conversion therapies could be harmful for minors.
"Diets are an extreme case of accepting evidence we want to believe," said Dr. J. Sanford Schwartz, a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
As one nutritionist explained to Nina Teicholz, with delicate understatement: "Scientists believe that saturated fat is bad for you, and there is a good deal of reluctance toward accepting evidence to the contrary".
Before science was established as an authority, people still had a hard time accepting evidence that was counter to what they already knew (believed) to be true, even if the proof was right before their eyes.
The number of "known carcinogens" will vary considerably, depending on the criteria adopted for accepting evidence of carcinogenicity.
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The pundits won't accept evidence as an answer.
This is our natural tendency to accept evidence that supports our existing worldview.
But there is little academically accepted evidence of a causal relationship.
She has proven that she either doesn't understand or she is not willing to accept evidence on its face.
The obvious answer may be confirmation bias, an unwillingness to accept evidence that does not chime with my world view.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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