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Recent Examples of determinative
Among the elderly, having difficulty bathing is as grimly determinative of mortality as having heart failure.
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Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
To make market size less determinative and chaos more predictable.
—Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 22 June 2025
But as independents ourselves, the two of us can’t participate despite the fact that primaries are often more determinative of who gets elected than the November general election.
—Dr. Jessie Fields, New York Daily News, 1 June 2025
The 10 percent is not determinative for whether an employer has been partially suspended.
—Matthew Roberts, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
To make market size less determinative and chaos more predictable.
—Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 22 June 2025
But as independents ourselves, the two of us can’t participate despite the fact that primaries are often more determinative of who gets elected than the November general election.
—Dr. Jessie Fields, New York Daily News, 1 June 2025
The 10 percent is not determinative for whether an employer has been partially suspended.
—Matthew Roberts, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for determinative
Adjective
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Responsibilities include overseeing all aspects of litigation assignments from case initiation and answer, plus discovery, dispositive motion practice, trial and appeals.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
July 10,
Sacbee.com,
10 July 2025
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Read More: Why Food Chemicals Are a Problem—And How to Reduce Your Exposure That’s not to say genes are entirely dispositive; having genes associated with the condition does not mean a child will inevitably develop it.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Now, a man’s body has been discovered, with indisputable links to the original kidnap.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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His simple statement that stocks are highly valued is indisputable.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Cucumbers, beans, small squash and melon plants, annual herbs, determinate tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, lettuce, leafy greens, and annual flowers like cosmos and zinnias are just some of the plants that can grow in straw bale gardens.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Oct. 2025
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Most determinate tomatoes will have produced the bulk of their fruit within a short window, often before summer ends.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That is to say, there is no one pure ur-movie, unblemished and incontestable.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Despite the discouraging tendency these days to see everything through a political prism, the science itself is incontestable and apolitical: Climate change is caused by human activity, primarily the use fossil fuels, like coal, oil and gas.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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Whether her death was intentional or accidental remains unknown, but her heartbreak is unquestionable.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, they’re reminded that their authority must be unquestionable.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While never quite fluent or undeniable against Forest, two goals, 18 shots and nine on target told a basic but eloquent story.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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While the glamour is undeniable, Bodrum is also grounded in deep history.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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An 0-3 record writes its own irrefutable story, and a critical late Tagovailoa interception was its punctuation.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
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If the team finds irrefutable signs of an atmosphere, even more Webb telescope observations could be warranted in the hopes of detecting specific chemical signatures of gases such as methane, which is associated with life on Earth.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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Lush greenery in wicker creates a cottage feel Wicker retaining walls add indubitable charm.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
18 Apr. 2025
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The DeSantis announcement is an indubitable win for Musk.—
Scott Nover,
Quartz,
24 May 2023
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“Determinative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/determinative. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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