Evidence and Key

Evidence

Evidence noun - Something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim.

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Key and evidence are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Key" instead a noun "Evidence".

Key noun - An explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart.

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Evidence and key are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Evidence" instead a noun "Key".

Nearby Words: keyed, keyboard, keying

physical	physical evidence	physical key
certain	certain evidence	certain key
fake	fake evidence	fake key
actual	actual evidence	actual key
Other adjectives: real, wrong, main, important, necessary, new, possible, additional.

Because this is a common trope, it should to be limited to examples where hiding the evidence is either the whole point of the work or a key point in the work.

Source: Hide the Evidence
He does present it later when it becomes the key piece of evidence to implicate the guilty party, who is the only one who could have known about its significance and removed it.

Source: Destroy the Evidence
The key piece of evidence that they were once separate is that their internal DNA is closely similar to some kinds of bacteria (as is their general shape).

Source: The Symbiote

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