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Recent Examples of determinative
Between 1995 and 2010, CCM and its presidential candidates could win determinative vote shares while minimizing costly repression and fraud.
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Yonatan Morse,
The Conversation,
19 Dec. 2025
But, ultimately, the president would not play a determinative role in interest rate decisions.
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Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
14 Dec. 2025
But that factor would not be determinative alone.
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Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
One is determinative, and the architects of that story already know the morality contained in the story, with the objective to lay out a moral system.
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Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for determinative
Yonatan Morse,
The Conversation,
19 Dec. 2025
But, ultimately, the president would not play a determinative role in interest rate decisions.
—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
14 Dec. 2025
But that factor would not be determinative alone.
—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
One is determinative, and the architects of that story already know the morality contained in the story, with the objective to lay out a moral system.
—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for determinative
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Again, though, those declines are not dispositive of anything but fear.
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Though the flimsiness of the threat was widely noted, the issue was not dispositive.
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Indeed, Brian has created hundreds of billions in value for his shareholders and his legacy as one of the greatest business builders and dealmakers of our time is indisputable.
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While a snafu at the 2016 Oscars saw Moonlight achieve a very different kind of notoriety, the film remains widely regarded as the year’s indisputable best picture.
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Plants tend to grow taller than determinate types and are commonly pruned to maintain a single central stem.
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Compassionate release emerged from the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, a statute better known for eliminating parole and ushering in the modern era of determinate sentencing.
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The mark was federally registered in 2015 and has since achieved incontestable status, a legal designation that strengthens ownership rights.
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Many experts also remained in denial until evidence of Covid’s lethality and transmissibility became incontestable.
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That must be the unquestionable goal for next season.
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Nonetheless, its power is unquestionable.
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Injuries to three elite players were undeniable factors.
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The sweep also sends an undeniable message to establishment Democrats in Washington, including House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who campaigned against Mamdani’s candidates and lost.
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Organizations that embed deep, scientific inquiry into their commercial DNA can not only disrupt existing markets but also engineer entirely new ones based on the irrefutable laws of physics.
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For the Delfonts, who use a tape-recorder to capture this desperate plea, Leonora’s words serve as irrefutable proof that an academic career has failed to compensate for the absence of a husband and child.
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As a result, mathematical truths do not make up a unified whole of equally indubitable truths; instead, their status as knowledge varies gradually from doubtless facts to increasingly uncertain hypotheses.
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The second route, and the route that makes indubitable sense, entails using the techniques and methods of psychology to gauge the performance of AI.
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“Determinative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/determinative. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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