definite

Example Sentences

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“It brings back some definite memories,” he told me.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

“There’s a definite naiveté,” Tom Fry, who built trading software at Morgan Stanley before co-founding AI startup Agentcy, said about the finance community’s response.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

One asked: "Who am I to say I don't believe that someone is struggling with their mental health? It's not like a chest infection where there is definite proof of illness."

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

So I had very definite feelings about it, and I thought it was wrongheaded and really somewhat shameful of the academy to do that.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Like him, you are tough, dark, vulnerable, moody—with a very definite tendency to sound truculent because you want no one to think you are soft.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin