definite
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Yet this picture clashes with what we observe in daily life, where objects occupy one definite place or state at a time.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
No definite closure has been announced, so it’s possible the collaboration continues.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
“It brings back some definite memories,” he told me.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Her answer was definite: We should sort out and sell or give away almost all of our trinkets, T-shirts, books and baubles before we die—rather than leaving a dreary chore for friends or families.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
It was only very slowly that the first won out over the second in the claim to the definite article.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing definite
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