definitive
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The totals are not definitive and could yet rise.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
No firm disclosed a pledge and the agreement still needs definitive contracts, so the pitch matters more than the number.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Although vacuum birefringence was predicted in the 1930s, Dr. Lower said scientists have yet to obtain a definitive detection.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Despite the significant efforts from specialists to administer care, medical treatment and extensive testing, veterinarians did not identify one definitive cause for her poor condition,” the center said on its website.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
This was the first definitive film stock collection of the life of Malcolm X and it traveled extensively throughout the nation’s university circuit as well as to civil rights and Afro-American nationalist events.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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