How to Use clear-cut in a Sentence

clear-cut

adjective

• But the case might not be all that clear-cut.
  — Clio Chang, Curbed, 11 Mar. 2026
• Still, Paras told himself that the case was far from clear-cut.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
• This time around, the circumstances aren’t quite as clear-cut.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
• The law on self-defense isn’t as clear-cut here as in other states.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2023
• For folks who keep a kosher or halal diet, the issue is a bit less clear-cut.
  — Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 30 June 2023
• The design credentials are less clear-cut.
  — New Atlas, 17 Jan. 2026
• But for people living with a rare disease, the issue isn't so clear-cut.
  — Brad Quick, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2026
• Those all seem more serious and in some ways clear-cut than the Daniels matter.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
• Just a little bit later, the story isn’t looking so clear-cut.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
• The line between the frontlines and the homefront in terms of injuries is no longer clear-cut.
  — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 2 Mar. 2026
• The crackdown on vendors who use free speech claims to skirt city rules is less clear-cut, officials said.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2023
• Williams’ feelings towards retirement have not been clear-cut.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
• But the lines between such videos and propaganda are not always clear-cut.
  — Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
• What the heat dome means for wildfire activity in the West is less clear-cut.
  — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
• The airport’s public-facing website isn’t clear-cut about who’s paying for the changes.
  — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
• More clear-cut was that seeing a chronological feed drove users to spend their time elsewhere online.
  — WIRED, 27 July 2023
• Although this simple answer may be right most of the time, there may also be cases in which things are not quite so clear-cut.
  — Matthew Fisher, Scientific American, 2 Jan. 2018
• However, that distinction isn’t so clear-cut.
  — A.j. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2026
• But the reality of executing this plan was far from clear-cut.
  — Ann Roberts, Fortune, 16 May 2023
• As clear-cut as the rules may seem, there have been different interpretations.
  — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
• Lone star and other tick species eventually receded as forests were clear-cut.
  — Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 12 Feb. 2026
• Here, there is only one certainty — the evil of the Empire — but beyond that, things aren’t as clear-cut.
  — Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 6 Apr. 2026
• But the American obsession with this now-ubiquitous side is more clear-cut.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
• In those cases that aren’t as clear-cut, here are three questions to ask yourself about your diet, Rollin and Mokari said.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
• But if the swiftness of the decision seemed clear-cut and ringingly decisive, the verdict proved less so.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
• By this standard, the case for cooperation with an India or a Poland is clear-cut.
  — Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
• For RedBird, the consequences of failing to build a stadium are less clear-cut.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
• Some of what was spared from the fire was clear-cut to make room for unpermitted grows and associated infrastructure.
  — courier-journal.com, 1 June 2023
• The question of its constitutionality is not clear-cut.
  — Arkansas Online, 20 Mar. 2026
• But while our attitudes towards things like single-use plastics may be clear-cut, confusion around the concept of voluntourism lingers.
  — Shivani Ashoka, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2022