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as in resolute
fully committed to achieving a goal
his determined opponent would not be bluffed or shaken
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as in relentless
showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose
a determined effort to finish first in the race
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as in decided
to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)
a three-member panel will determine the case
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as in figured
to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration
trying to determine which direction we were facing
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as in found
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
we failed to determine the answer to the riddle
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as in concluded
to come to an end
your participation in the savings plan determines with the termination of your employment here
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as in settled
to make final, definite, or beyond dispute
your choice of college could determine the rest of your life
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Recent Examples of determined
Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
The object was later determined to be benign.
—Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
Michele Novaga, NBC news, 11 May 2026
This leaves a lot of prime-time openings to be determined.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 11 May 2026
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Adjective
The filing is primarily in response to the equal-time investigation, but ABC also seems determined to fight the larger license review.
—Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
The object was later determined to be benign.
—Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
Verb
Her death was determined to be a homicide due to compression of the neck.
—Michele Novaga, NBC news, 11 May 2026
This leaves a lot of prime-time openings to be determined.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for determined
Adjective
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Pichai’s lieutenants hold up his resolute focus on serving the user as an unequivocal good.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
6 May 2026
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The goal and Joao Pedro’s ping off the inside of Lucas Perri’s near post were the concerns, but beyond that, United were resolute at the back, but unable to muster anything of their own.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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How are you supposed to enjoy your iced tea in the garden when that pest is relentless?—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
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As jobs go, motherhood can seem at odds with itself; too relentless to be easy but too satisfying to quit.—
Andre Mouchard,
Daily News,
9 May 2026
Verb
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The company has decided to operate five completion crews for the rest of the year while adding two to three rigs to maintain a sufficient DUC backlog and ensure operational flexibility.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
10 May 2026
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Kerr ultimately decided to return for another season with Curry and Draymond Green, but there was uncertainty for more than three weeks.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
10 May 2026
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And Parker, a longtime coast dweller, figured that the night’s high tide offered the whale its best—and possibly only—chance of escape.—
Robin Romm,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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That request in a consulting agreement and promising immunity has figured prominently in both the killing and the trial alongside the arrest warrant.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
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The building is full of character, having at turns been home to a book press, bank, and, most appropriately, the founding headquarters of the Danish Spirit Producers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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The letter, sent Friday, comes amid a high-stakes legal battle currently playing out in an Oakland federal courtroom between onetime partners Altman and Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, who in 2015 co-founded the AI company best known for creating ChatGPT.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Two Connecticut State Police troopers have been cleared in connection with a fatal shooting in Bozrah last August after the state Inspector General concluded that the armed woman who was shot was apparently trying to commit suicide by cop.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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Personnel in full-body protective gear and breathing masks escorted the travelers from ship to shore in Tenerife, an effort that concluded Monday.—
Mike Corder,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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Snelling settled in a bit after that opening frame.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2026
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For the Ducks, meanwhile, the search for a silver lining to an otherwise dark cloud settled on a third period in which the older Knights clearly ran out of steam.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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While there have always been divisions, Gregory said social media had amplified them, and that Leo seems intent on tamping them down.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Every time laws keep an assault rifle out of the hands of someone intent on killing as many people as possible, lives are saved.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
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“Determined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/determined. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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