become definite

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“The idea is that the past history of the universe has become definite when someone or people now are observing things about the past universe.”

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025

Yet in proportion as such conceptions become definite and objective in the mind, they approach aesthetic values, and the use of aesthetic epithets in describing them becomes more constant and literal.

From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by Santayana, George

In a word, the distinction between the literary and the scientific professions has become definite and wide, and can no longer be ignored in our systems of education.

From Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions by Cooke, Josiah Parsons

Shvernik said, "Thus far we've rambled around hurriedly on a dozen subjects but now we must become definite."

From Revolution by Reynolds, Mack

She was eager, too, to speak at once; a fear, which she would not allow to become definite, drove her upon the undertaking without delay.

From Demos by Gissing, George