clear-cut

So it’s not a clear-cut choice of: Do I use this or not?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

The clear-cut way to get a raise is to land a new job.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

The US leader's influence could be less clear-cut this time around, however.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

Yet seeing these two men side by side in Jonathan Jordan’s “Ike and Winston” makes the uncomplimentary comparison less clear-cut.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

It was a clear-cut task, and she dug in.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

"During the helicopter flight, we could see clear-cutting occurring within a couple of miles of the site that we were surveying."

From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2024

Carlile: The only real drawback I can think of is that the mountain we all look at, they’re clear-cutting it right now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2024

The agency also did a lot of clear-cutting, and while that shares some commonality with burns, it is very different.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

And most ecologists regard degradation as the consequence of the type of large scale clear-cutting that is nearly the universal method of logging in Canada.

From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2024

And being a very clear-cutting personality with an instinct for the material rendering of things, she also came and sat beside him on the little square-cornered sofa.

From The Research Magnificent by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells