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indefinite

[in-def-uh-nit] / ɪnˈdɛf ə nɪt /


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“Their disqualification from categorization as futures contracts on the basis of their indefinite duration cuts directly against established precedent,” Kalshi told the CFTC.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

The following year he announced that he was taking an extended and indefinite break from touring, saying he needed to focus on his mental and physical health.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

However, combining the nanoparticles with an immune checkpoint blockade therapy produced complete or nearly complete remissions and indefinite survival in four out of ten mice.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Its most notorious prison has become "a legal black hole", Nguyen said, where deportees face indefinite detention with no access to lawyers, despite an Eswatini supreme court ruling that they were entitled to legal representation.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

A waft of wind came sweeping down the laurel-walk, and trembled through the boughs of the chestnut: it wandered away—away—to an indefinite distance—it died.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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