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Recent Examples of definitiveness
But Freedom 250 won’t be, White said with a tone of definitiveness Friday night.
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Mark Puleo, New York Times, 14 June 2026
Too many leaders confuse decisiveness with definitiveness—rushing to solve, speak and steer, leaving no room for others.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Mark Puleo, New York Times, 14 June 2026
Too many leaders confuse decisiveness with definitiveness—rushing to solve, speak and steer, leaving no room for others.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for definitiveness
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The show's first season, centered around retirement community residents who band together to discover a dark truth of their community following the sighting of a monstrous creature, was met with positive reviews and has been among the streamer's weekly Top 10 since its premiere.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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As the series peels back the secrets surrounding the coastal town, Southwick’s performance evolves from rebellious teenager to a young man forced to confront painful truths about his family and his place in a much larger story.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
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This has now been questioned, with the attorney assigned to handle the foreclosure questioning the validity of the judgment.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
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If the identifier appears, access is denied regardless of the token’s cryptographic validity.—
Ethan M. Stone,
USA Today,
9 June 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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The deal already raises serious questions about the credibility of the United States not only as a guarantor of freedom of navigation in the global commons, but also as a global power that can make its red lines stick.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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But over the past year, that relationship has come under strain as Islamabad quietly clawed its way back to credibility.—
Kyra Colah,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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In the case of Oz, a team of producers and AI specialists produced an entirely new version of the 1939 classic, tailoring it to the unique dimensions and fidelity of Sphere.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
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The fidelity to the band’s history makes the music feel stagnant.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
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Thus, as the NCAA sees it, the statements lack the necessary authoritativeness of a medical professional.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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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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Eliminate the constant replays to create punctilious correctness.—
Richard E. Vatz,
Baltimore Sun,
15 June 2026
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That character’s name alone — like the resurgence of Doofy — is an indication of the mirth the screenwriters take from skewering political correctness, cancel culture and social justice movements like Black Lives Matter and #MeTo.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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The Supreme Judicial Court upheld Brookline’s policy as legal, but legality isn’t the same as soundness.—
Alex Weatherall,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
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Forbes College Financial Grades are designed to assess a private not-for-profit college’s operational soundness and balance sheet health using the following ten measures.—
Matt Schifrin,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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“Definitiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/definitiveness. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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