well-defined

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His skills as a dealmaker and stock picker weren’t as well-defined.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

“We have a well-defined strategy, a restructured organization, new executive leadership, and a detailed execution plan now in place with the singular focus of increasing shareholder value,” CEO Thomas Siebel said in the earnings release.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Humpback whales in the Southern Hemisphere live in well-defined pods and usually follow the same migratory routes every year, travelling between feeding areas in cold water and breeding grounds in the tropics.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

"Instead, hydrogen moves preferentially along well-defined helical pathways embedded within an ordered carbon structure."

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

In jazz, the shift in emphasis meant bigger bands comprising more structured families of instruments playing well-honed, written-out arrangements, with occasional well-defined solos emerging from the texture.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall