definable

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Recent Examples of definable For once it had been achieved in the deserts of West Asia, so the very notion of wind as a linguistically definable entity took off everywhere. Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025 Their roles are easily definable. Eric Koreen, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for definable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for definable
Adjective
  • Second, these contracts lack accountability, with no easy way to hold a vendor accountable for an outcome when pricing is based on discrete components.
    Ben Blanquera, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Roughly speaking, combinatorics is the study of finite or discrete structures.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 June 2026
Adjective
  • There are definite similarities to previous summer transfer sagas involving Barcelona which have dominated headlines before or during big international tournaments.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • The Landry family bid viewers farewell on Sunday night, with the season 4 finale of The Way Home serving as the definite conclusion to Hallmark's multigenerational, century spanning drama.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 22 June 2026
Adjective
  • Plants tend to grow taller than determinate types and are commonly pruned to maintain a single central stem.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
  • Compassionate release emerged from the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, a statute better known for eliminating parole and ushering in the modern era of determinate sentencing.
    Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
Adjective
  • Roughly the size of a large dog and weighing more than 110 pounds (50 kilograms), the quadruped robot is designed to navigate industrial facilities that include staircases, narrow walkways, uneven surfaces, and confined spaces.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026
  • Sewers can contain numerous hazards, including noxious and potentially deadly gases, unstable surfaces, flooding risks, and confined spaces.
    Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
Adjective
  • Researchers observed signs of fishing pressure within its already restricted range, and some localities where walking sharks were reportedly once common no longer appear to support populations.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The first, and most obvious, is the growing sense of an emergent player empowerment era, one in which the line between restricted and unrestricted free agency continues to blur.
    Thomas Drance, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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 30 Jun. 2026.

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