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Recent Examples of determinacy
Those principles, along with historical analysis, will resolve a great deal of apparent under-determinacy.
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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
The iron determinacy of combustion; the vagaries of human capacity and choice.
—Longreads, 9 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for determinacy
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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
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Related Stories Farrelly thinks that kind of oppressive political correctness is fading and that audiences are eager to see movies that eviscerate good taste in order to land a joke again.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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That emphasis on originality over polish may come as a surprise to students trained to maximize correctness and minimize risk.—
Liz Doe Stone,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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In truth, crape myrtles can bloom in partial sun, even if flowering at their maximum potential will necessitate 6-8 hours a day of full sun exposure.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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And the Charlie Kirk spirit is is truth.—
Meena Duerson,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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The ShiftCam ProMic shotgun mic is described as high-sensitivity, high-fidelity.—
Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Spotify has been teasing the high-fidelity format for years.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Sep. 2025
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By war’s end he was not only convinced of the moral rightness of Black suffrage and civil rights, but of their essential necessity and urgency.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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Still, states vary in their strictness.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Determinacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/determinacy. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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