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indefinite

[in-def-uh-nit] / ɪnˈdɛf ə nɪt /


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Extra prison space would also be created by deporting more foreign prisoners and releasing some inmates serving indefinite sentences.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

By statute, the FHA possesses permanent and indefinite budget authority with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

We therefore should resist the temptation to extrapolate the blazingly fast earnings growth of recent quarters into the indefinite future.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

His title, “Enemy of the People,” dispenses with the indefinite article — a decision he chalked up to “Chekhovian impulses.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

With those words the Impostor shook them both by the hand, with an air, and left the house; leaving me much more astonished than delighted by the virtues of that same indefinite “it.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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