certain
Usage
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Certain, one of a handful of adjectives indicating full belief and trust that something is true, suggests that there are definite reasons that have freed one from doubt. Confident emphasizes the strength of the belief or the certainty of expectation felt. Positive implies emphatic certainty, which may even become overconfidence or dogmatism. Sure, the simplest and most general term, expresses mere absence of doubt.
Example Sentences
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Over the past year, a global tsunami of laws and bills has been enacted or proposed that ban minors from social-media platforms or require age verification for accessing certain types of content.
Kalshi said March 23 it was launching “new technological guardrails that preemptively block politicians, athletes and other relevant people from trading in certain politics and sports markets.”
A committee of the Illinois House advanced a bill last month to give tax breaks to “megaprojects” that hit certain investment thresholds.
The issue, he said, is that certain projects are "expensive to run," and "the pollution from them is also considerable."
From Barron's
Another issue that energizes Ms. Dhillon is “aggressive police consent decrees”—legally binding settlements between the Justice Department and local police departments that compel the latter to pursue or avoid certain practices.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
