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Recent Examples of conclusively
Thousands of tips poured in, but most led nowhere and no suspect was ever conclusively tied to the crime.
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Being conclusively established medical and scientific fact with a powerful expert consensus is a poor shield from this administration’s power to distort.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
During the quarter-century of Stalin’s rule, through extraordinary exertion and sacrifice, the Soviet people had built the world’s first socialist system, whose vitality was conclusively demonstrated in the minds of many contemporaries by its emphatic victory over Nazi Germany.
—Benjamin Nathans
september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
The justices are not yet conclusively resolving the merits of Cook or Slaughter’s cases.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 22 Sep. 2025
While screen technology that cuts blue light down to 1% is impressive compared with current technology, blue light in general isn’t conclusively bad for your health.
—PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
These candidates were possibly gravitational wave signals that looked promising but still needed more analysis to conclusively confirm.
—Bill Smith, JSTOR Daily, 4 Sep. 2025
The studies conclusively demonstrate that by 2030, creativity will emerge as the defining factor for career advancement, surpassing traditional technical skills in importance.
—Wayne Yu, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Building on his recent study of macaques, Miller’s goal is to conclusively identify a brain wave signature of unconsciousness in humans.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Being conclusively established medical and scientific fact with a powerful expert consensus is a poor shield from this administration’s power to distort.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
During the quarter-century of Stalin’s rule, through extraordinary exertion and sacrifice, the Soviet people had built the world’s first socialist system, whose vitality was conclusively demonstrated in the minds of many contemporaries by its emphatic victory over Nazi Germany.
—Benjamin Nathans
september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
The justices are not yet conclusively resolving the merits of Cook or Slaughter’s cases.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 22 Sep. 2025
While screen technology that cuts blue light down to 1% is impressive compared with current technology, blue light in general isn’t conclusively bad for your health.
—PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
These candidates were possibly gravitational wave signals that looked promising but still needed more analysis to conclusively confirm.
—Bill Smith, JSTOR Daily, 4 Sep. 2025
The studies conclusively demonstrate that by 2030, creativity will emerge as the defining factor for career advancement, surpassing traditional technical skills in importance.
—Wayne Yu, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Building on his recent study of macaques, Miller’s goal is to conclusively identify a brain wave signature of unconsciousness in humans.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conclusively
Adverb
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And Virginia Beach is definitely at the top of the list for fall weekend getaways.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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The universe definitely sent you that sweet baby.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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More broadly, advocates have expressed concerns that the OMB and its director, Russell Vought, may use the lack of legislative direction to implement devastating changes at the space agency.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Public opinion broadly supported Democrats at the time of the dispute that turned into the longest shutdown in the nation’s history.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Hundreds of them were on hand this week to primp and pamper more than 2,500 cows competing at what is widely considered to be the Westminster Dog Show of the cattle world.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Abe – widely seen as Japan’s last stable leader, having ruled for nearly nine years – was assassinated in 2022.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Haaretz, Israel’s longest running newspaper, is one of the few news websites that has covered Palestinian suffering in Gaza extensively since the beginning of the war.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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Black nuclear families, like the one Cardi B (who is Afro-Latina) was part of for the past seven years, are actually on the rise, according to Christina Cross, a professor, researcher, and sociologist at Harvard University who has studied this subject extensively.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Daria stared at the arrangement of perfectly circular reddish bruises on the woman’s back, exposed by her halter top.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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So, spending your free time on a massive project for your crush seems perfectly reasonable.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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It was generally acknowledged that this was a World Cup without a genuinely outstanding team, after Brazil in 1970 and the Netherlands in 1974 had captured the world’s imagination with forward-thinking football.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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During the shutdown – which has no end in sight – park roads, trails and open-air memorials will generally remain accessible, but many visitors’ centers will be closed.—
Brian Todd,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Conclusively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conclusively. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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