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Recent Examples of definable
Lumotive Productization Focus Lumotive is a semiconductor company, with technology that makes software definable, fully solid-state beam steering a reality.
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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
The few tracks with clearly definable themes are drolly amusing stories.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 30 May 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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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
The few tracks with clearly definable themes are drolly amusing stories.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 30 May 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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While the tornado threat in Dallas-Fort Worth is lower than in parts of West Texas and southwest Oklahoma, forecasters warn that any storm that remains discrete and takes advantage of stronger low-level winds tonight could produce a brief tornado, according to the National Weather Service.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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While the magnitude of these surges varies by context, the temporal clustering of activity in both cases demonstrates that social media visibility is driven by discrete political and moral shocks rather than sustained baseline engagement.—
Arnaud Kurze,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
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Unfortunately, Sony Honda Mobility doesn’t appear to have a definite answer to that question yet.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
12 Mar. 2026
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Still, his projection comes with definite risk factors.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Space supported or caged determinate tomato plants 1½ to 2 feet apart, increasing the spacing to 2 to 2½ feet for unsupported plants.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026
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Look for determinate tomato varieties, which are less sprawling and more suitable for containers than indeterminate varieties.—
Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
1 Feb. 2026
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And some experts worry that as measles continues to appear in confined environments—such as, recently, an ICE facility in Texas—adequate infection-prevention measures will too frequently fall short.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2026
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The new tubes solve that problem with an internal divider at the middle of the tube that helps trap the air in a confined chamber.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
3 Feb. 2026
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Airlines may be required to detour around restricted airspace, extend flight paths, or reroute aircraft through different hubs.—
Hana Al-Khodairi,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
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Aubrey talked about his mindset as a restricted free agent during an appearance Wednesday to promote IndyCar’s inaugural Java House Grand Prix of Arlington this weekend.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2026
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Yes, their lives have become this circumscribed.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2026
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Thompson-Hernández acknowledges that while Watts might be a small community, a relative sliver of greater Los Angeles, imagination flourishes in the most circumscribed places.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2026
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