categorical
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth employed even more categorical language.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Trying to look manly and tough when your entire regime, from the top on down, consists of shifty characters with a wide range of obvious personality disorders might seem like a categorical error.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
The reported comments are more categorical than previous remarks he has made about Rayner, who was also deputy Labour leader and housing secretary.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025
"The difference between humans and chimpanzees isn't a categorical leap. It's more like a continuum," Sanford said.
From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2025
All the air of the fourteenth floor was sibilant with the categorical imperative.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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