indeterminate
Example Sentences
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Consider clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential, or CHIP, in which blood cells harbor mutations often seen in blood cancer, giving them a growth advantage over their well-behaved neighbors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
The state has indeterminate sentencing, which is given in a range of years rather than a fixed number.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
Thousands of other people are going to get put into detention of indeterminate length with far less recourse, which could stretch years even if they are not eligible for removal or might win their cases.
From Slate • Jul. 31, 2025
It took Viola’s atmospheric soundscape of indeterminate voices and noises to make them miraculous.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2024
So all that can be said is that at some slightly indeterminate point as we head toward the center of Earth we leave the asthenosphere and plunge into pure mantle.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing indeterminate
The Hunger Games
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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"The Pit and the Pendulum," Vocabulary from the short story
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