definitive

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This time, he’s rewriting the entire script, to be staged on a set decked out in the definitive material of autocratic decadence: gold.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Dr Marie Spreckley, an expert from Cambridge University who was not involved in the research, said the findings were promising but should be viewed as "encouraging early evidence" rather than definitive proof of clinical benefit.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

“If we wait for definitive evidence that high inflation has become embedded in the economy, it may require larger policy adjustments, at greater cost,” Hammack adds.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

“We’ve seen little definitive news flow this week, leaving a sense that a deal might not yet be as imminent as hoped over the weekend,” analysts at Deutsche Bank said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

My father affected Americans—black and white—in untold measure and not always in ways as definitive as census charts and polls have dictated.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey