definitively
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Trump talked to The Wall Street Journal for eight minutes on Sunday External link but wouldn’t say definitively when the war would end.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Yet, Vonn would not definitively say that her competitive skiing career is over, during a recent interview with Vanity Fair’s Elise Taylor.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
But there was no way to definitively tie the box to the girls.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
Despite a number of high-profile former rugby players having had the disease, there is no scientific evidence definitively linking MND with repeated concussion.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
The metric system merely completed a process that had begun with the invention of the telescope, which definitively destroyed the idea that the universe was made on the same scale as man.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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