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
Chart watchers contend that a trend will stay in force until there is a definite sign that it has ended.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026
“This is a definite problem in communication and coordination.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
To Duane’s delight, there was a definite narrowing of its width, but to Handsome’s regret, the ground was climbing higher and higher as well.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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