definable

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Recent Examples of definable Here, twins are more a device than definable characters, kept at a distance. Barry Levitt, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025 Anything is less effective without a good plan, so companies should make sure that AI factors into their business planning in a concrete and definable way. John Werner, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025 Cane by Jean Toomer There’s no definable main protagonist in this novel, or a specific question that’s being asked, or even a clear narrative engine driving the story. The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025 Despite definable efforts that can be put in place to combat the risks of synthetic media, this isn’t a task that businesses can tackle on their own. Perry Carpenter, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for definable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for definable
Adjective
  • Find those iconic horses emblazoned in silver onto the oakwood base of their Dry Air Diffuser, which conceals a discrete fan and ventilation system.
    Austa Somvichian-Clausen, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Manufacturing innovation has historically followed a familiar arc: point solutions to fix discrete issues, application-level changes to improve efficiency, and system-level breakthroughs such as the assembly line.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Partnerships, as always, will be a definite accelerant but a high degree of critical capability should probably be insourced given the winds of change currently sweeping across the landscape of geopolitics.
    Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Nobody 2 is prime with older guys with solid total awareness and definite interest climbing.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The length of the harvest window for slicing tomatoes depends on whether the plant is determinate or indeterminate.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Then space your determinate tomatoes out by 18 to 24 inches per plant and your indeterminate tomato plants 18 inches apart.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The ship could be a ferry, a tug, or other coastal vessel traveling within a very confined area.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2017
  • And a subway car is a confined space where there may be no easy way to escape danger.
    James Barron, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In addition to Burnham Park's large population, nearly half of the streets in the area only allow for single-side parking, according to a map of streets with restricted parking from the city of Milwaukee.
    Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The executives also received a tranche of restricted stock units, with Ellison and Shell receiving 5 million shares, and Brandon-Gordon 4 million shares, which will vest quarterly over a five year period.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Definable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/definable. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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