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
However, one trend Christou feels is more definite is workers' gradual return to the office after the rise of working from home during the pandemic.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
No definite closure has been announced, so it’s possible the collaboration continues.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
“I never had a definite place which was my room or where I retired specially to write,” Agatha Christie said in her autobiography.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
She didn’t expect this Melanie to like her—kids hardly ever did—but she did intend to make a very definite impression; and she could see that she’d done that all right.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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