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Recent Examples of definable
Advertisement Advertisement There are no heroes in A House of Dynamite, but there are no definable villains, either, which is what makes this film so unmooring.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
Lumotive Productization Focus Lumotive is a semiconductor company, with technology that makes software definable, fully solid-state beam steering a reality.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
But Woodin conjectured that the first option — that V is nicely structured, with a definable tower of cardinals — is correct.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2025
Illnesses have definable symptoms and physical signs, they can be tested for and treated (or at least managed).
—Literary Hub, 9 May 2025
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
Lumotive Productization Focus Lumotive is a semiconductor company, with technology that makes software definable, fully solid-state beam steering a reality.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
But Woodin conjectured that the first option — that V is nicely structured, with a definable tower of cardinals — is correct.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2025
Illnesses have definable symptoms and physical signs, they can be tested for and treated (or at least managed).
—Literary Hub, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for definable
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Before evaluating any solution, buyers should catalog the discrete jobs their organization needs performed, group them into clusters and identify which are already well served and which remain stubbornly unmet.—
Eilon Reshef,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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But Hadler does not believe that fibromyalgia should be classified as a disease in the traditional biomedical sense, because medicine has yet to identify a discrete, demonstrable pathophysiological process underlying it.—
Jason Liebowitz,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
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Meeks said there was a definite measure of satisfaction derived from the project.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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From one set of perspectives, money is said to be a thing that exists in a definite quantity—ideally gold, but now bits on a computer; ensuring that the right amount of money exists is the only way to avoid a host of macro-economic problems.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Don't Crowd Determinate Tomatoes Most paste varieties, patio, and compact selections, and some slicing tomatoes are determinate.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 May 2026
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The absolute minimum spacing for tomato plants is 18 to 24 inches between plants and three feet between rows for determinate tomato varieties.—
Nadia Hassani,
The Spruce,
23 Apr. 2026
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For instance, light particles like positrons (or electrons, in this experiment) need extremely fast oscillations, gigahertz (GHz) frequencies, to stay confined.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
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Diners are there to enjoy a nice, relaxing meal, but some dogs, especially very large dogs or multiple dogs, can be a handful in small, confined spaces.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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Investigators say Mott climbed over an 8-foot fence topped with barbed wire before entering the restricted airfield.—
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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And speaking of restricted free agency, the obvious winner for most regrettable decision one year later was choosing Christian Braun’s extension over Peyton Watson’s.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
13 May 2026
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Signs will redirect cyclists around the circumscribed area, requiring them in some cases to take winding alternative routes.—
Rachel Swan,
San Francisco Chronicle,
6 Feb. 2026
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Yes, their lives have become this circumscribed.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Definable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/definable. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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