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as in definiteness
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as in validity
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Recent Examples of definitiveness
The goal here is not to inform or educate, to listen or process, to build or intellectualize but to win, to own, to dunk on, to break the opponent’s brain, to spawn an argument of such devastating definitiveness that the matter can be considered, once and for all, closed.
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Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for definitiveness
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When a promising romantic interest enters the picture, his friends question the relationship’s validity and his dating choices, creating friction for him within the group.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
18 Feb. 2026
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Can a homeowner challenge the legality and validity of the special assessment?—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Instead of building closeness, some truths erode it—especially when honesty is delivered without care, context, or concern for the person on the receiving end.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
18 Feb. 2026
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Epistemia is a name for a flaw in how people interpret these models, in which linguistic plausibility is taken as a surrogate for truth.—
Walter Quattrociocchi,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2026
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By including co-chairs from both parties and requiring a bipartisan majority for approval, a commission could lend more credibility to essential reforms, the report argued.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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As the Cubs welcomed players from Nippon Professional Baseball — and managed relationships with their families, agents and support staff — Masamoto’s background provided some credibility and reassurance.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Those principles, along with historical analysis, will resolve a great deal of apparent under-determinacy.—
J. Joel Alicea,
National Review,
3 May 2022
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The iron determinacy of combustion; the vagaries of human capacity and choice.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
9 May 2017
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Meanwhile, and more strictly on the consumer end of the equation, the influencer’s standing within the social media sphere continues its upward ascendancy in cultural authoritativeness, even in architecture.—
Richard Olsen,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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The fruits of those trips are everywhere apparent in rooms that vary widely in their fidelity to Tolkien’s narratives.—
Mark Lamster
Architecture Critic,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Rosemary, which imparts a bright fragrance to a bouquet, symbolizes fidelity.—
Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Feb. 2026
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Look for structural soundness over cosmetic looks when thrifting furniture.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
29 Jan. 2026
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The flow of deposits to less stable banks threatens the soundness of the entire financial system.—
Tyler Curtis,
Boston Herald,
20 Jan. 2026
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Two of the main criteria they will be judged on are correctness (whether the code does what it’s supposed to) and performance, but a third more subjective measure is perhaps the most important, says Wallach.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Jan. 2026
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Martha Nowill, Otávio Muller, Chandelly Braz and Marco Pigossi star in the movie that seems designed to flush away any form of correctness, political or otherwise.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Definitiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/definitiveness. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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