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Example sentences for: preponderance

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Second, if our only goal were to maximize truth, we would lower the burden of proof in criminal cases from "beyond a reasonable doubt" to "a preponderance of the evidence."
Our previous studies showed that BP1 is also expressed in leukemia and has characteristics of an oncogene: in acute myeloid leukemia, BP1 is highly expressed in the bone marrow of 63% of patients overall, with a preponderance of expression in pediatric patients [ 11 ] . When overexpressed in a leukemia cell line (K562), BP1 increased the ability of cells to grow in soft agar, an indicator of leukemogenic potential, up to 45-fold [ 11 ] . Consistent with a possible oncogenic role for BP1 in breast cancer was the observation that its expression was correlated with the ability of breast cancer cell lines to cause mammary tumors in mice.
A preponderance of evidence, however, points in the direction of Starr.
Further evidence is that the many Turkish loanwords, in use for centuries and with no obvious preponderance of one gender, are, with very few exceptions, fully inflected, as are Italian musical and nautical terms, likewise of long standing.
Reporters, however, scrupulously pointed out that a civil trial only requires proof by a "preponderance of evidence" rather than proof "beyond a reasonable doubt."