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indefinitely

[in-def-uh-nit-lee] / ɪnˈdɛf ə nɪt li /
ADVERB
continually
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
definitely incontinuously


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Anthropic stored Elvis’ songs “into a permanent, general-purpose central library intended to be retained indefinitely, from which subsets were selected and copied again to train the next generation of Claude models,” the lawsuit contends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

Tesla delivered 22,141 more vehicles than it built in the third quarter, and selling cars from inventory releases cash that Tesla cannot keep drawing on indefinitely.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Canada says it will indefinitely suspend plans to expand its medically assisted dying law to people whose sole condition is mental illness, citing a lack of consensus on who would be eligible.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

We haven’t solved every problem, nor can agency action substitute indefinitely for a statutory framework passed by Congress, but we must do what we can.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

One Monday, all school classes were suspended indefinitely.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang


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