conclusive

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As in the less conclusive first season, it feels engineered to deliver the characters to happy, or relatively happy, endings, and to send viewers out not regretting their investment of time.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The shot was more than 70% effective at preventing the disease in the trial, but not enough people contracted Lyme for the findings to be conclusive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

"It's not by itself conclusive, but it suggests that maybe the dynamo was in a slightly different regime than today," he said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

There is no conclusive evidence as to what those shipments contained.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Nor is the absence of fractures and cuts on an ancient skeleton conclusive proof that the person to whom the skeleton belonged did not die a violent death.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari