not absolute
Example Sentences
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The tests are not absolute proof of endometriosis but can provide an indication that may result in referral to specialist services.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Public employees, she added, enjoy some constitutional protection, but those rights are not absolute and can be outweighed by workplace disruption.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2025
“But those rights are not absolute, and that minor child also has certain rights that relate to their privacy, their autonomy, and not being discriminated against.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
Several legal experts said that while people have a Sixth Amendment right to choose their legal representation, it is not absolute.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
Thus knowledge, in so far as we have it, is not absolute but progressive, not definitive but provisional.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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