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Recent Examples of determinacy
There are, after all, other ways to resolve under-determinacy without directly applying substantive moral principles.
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J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 3 May 2022
Those principles, along with historical analysis, will resolve a great deal of apparent under-determinacy.
—J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 3 May 2022
The iron determinacy of combustion; the vagaries of human capacity and choice.
—Longreads, 9 May 2017
J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 3 May 2022
Those principles, along with historical analysis, will resolve a great deal of apparent under-determinacy.
—J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 3 May 2022
The iron determinacy of combustion; the vagaries of human capacity and choice.
—Longreads, 9 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for determinacy
Noun
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Longer term, this could feed the optimization layer with live flight-ops and crew-roster data so that disruption management and maintenance planning draw from a single source of truth.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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But her unruly secrets reflect the uncomfortable truths that are so often hidden in our own histories.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
27 June 2025
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Anyone with even a basic understanding of the movie industry of the 1930s, let alone a Hollywood mogul, would know the difficulty of adapting it to the screen with any semblance of fidelity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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Unlike other sharks that roam vast distances, great hammerheads display strong site fidelity to certain coastal habitats, particularly during juvenile stages.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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“Determinacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/determinacy. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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