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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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The validity of the process, and whether this law mimics the IEEPA tariffs just struck down, are issues that certainly will come up in federal courts.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
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Challenge the validity of the debt Debt collectors don't always have airtight documentation.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The smallest light of truth can banish the darkness.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
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General Daily Insight for March 11, 2026 The smallest light of truth can banish the darkness.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Mar. 2026
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Most noticeably, his 3-point shooting accuracy has risen above 37% in Chicago, a crucial improvement to establish his credibility as a true backcourt threat.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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An effort to undermine the credibility of the chief executive officer of the University of Connecticut Health Center was timed to go public before the celebratory kickoff Wednesday of Waterbury Hospital’s renewal as part of an evolving new hospital system led by UConn Health.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 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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By creating high-fidelity hydrodynamic and chemical models, the team has cleared a major technical hurdle in determining how these defunct sites can be repurposed for Pumped Storage Hydropower (PSH).—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Mar. 2026
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First up, the Beats Studio Pro is 43% off, providing the high-fidelity soundtrack your life deserves.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
4 Mar. 2026
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Instead, examinations should prioritize risks that threaten bank safety and soundness.—
Katanga Johnson,
Bloomberg,
23 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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In one reading, Louise’s terrorist arc is a refreshing subversion of the political correctness of Cash’s millennial forebears, the Patricia Lockwoods and Sally Rooneys and Sheila Hetis of the world, who might never dream of straying from their lane of lived experience.—
Malavika Kannan,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026
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Keep in mind that correctness is more important than quickness, and empathy builds credibility.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Definitiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/definitiveness. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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