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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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Mercifully, those connections are not forged across time and space; all three stories remain discrete, never approaching a moment of grandiose metaphysical convergence.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Online records from Sacramento Superior Court show 12 discrete misdemeanor and 10 distinct felony cases dating back to 1994, including a felony case from 2012 in which he was sentenced as part of a plea deal.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
6 May 2026
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From California to Annecy, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios will travel with two back-to-back presentations, a definite highlight of Annecy’s Friday in recent years.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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Getting Clardy is a definite positive.—
Chantel Jennings,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 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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Smaller bush-type, or determinate, tomatoes can survive without support, but staking can help in the long run.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
19 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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Fitzgerald testified that death row is a more restricted and structured environment in which inmates stay at the same prison, live in a cell by themselves and are under much tighter security.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 May 2026
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Oil prices remain over $100 a barrel due to the restricted passage of shipping through the conduit, with Meyer acknowledging that the wider air freight market is seeing demand destruction based on current price levels.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
1 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 11 May. 2026.
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