conclusive

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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

But Davis said in a pool report “there was not clear and conclusive evidence to overturn the on-court ruling.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

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

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

"Studies have found increasing TFA levels in remote Arctic ice-cores and our results provide the first conclusive evidence that virtually all of these deposits can be explained by these gases."

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

One friend, a retired doctor, was positive: “These manifestations could not have been produced by human means … I have no doubt, they are, in my opinion, conclusive evidence of spirit identity.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock