clear-cut
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If the new rules are a gray area, it’s more clear cut elsewhere.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026
Whilst the link between La Niña and UK weather isn't clear cut, the Met Office suggests that historically it promotes high pressure to develop in the Atlantic in early winter.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025
It's not as clear cut it being that if a person drinks a certain amount of fluoride, they will get a worse report card in school.
From Salon • Aug. 27, 2024
More than 80% of the old-growth forests have been clear cut in the region, in every watershed.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024
It still had the southern richness of tone, but it had become suddenly more clear cut and incisive.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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