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Recent Examples of indefinite Apparently there was some glitch in TSA software reading an 'indefinite' expiration date. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025 Shara also pledged to uphold the Agreement on Disengagement that Syria and Israel had inked in 1974, which provided for an indefinite cease-fire. Shira Efron, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2025 Civil liberties groups argue the migrants could face torture or indefinite detention in El Salvador’s mega-prison, where the Trump administration has sent migrants removed under the law. Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 21 Apr. 2025 The team confirmed her indefinite absence a few hours before the match. Asli Pelit, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for indefinite
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indefinite
Adjective
  • Imagine a book with an infinite number of pages, each of which consists of infinitely many columns of dots.
    Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 5 May 2025
  • This celestial synergy is an invitation to dream big, act on your heart’s desires and embrace the infinite possibilities.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 May 2025
Adjective
  • Some vague stripes run down its spine, blurring together toward its tail.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
  • The instructions were vague and didn’t have many helpful illustrations.
    Kate Puhala, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • This Week: May 19-25, 2025 As the moon continues to wane from being full last week, the night skies darken enough to find faint stars and constellations.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • The movie itself is something of a trip; everything feels coated in a faint, menacing sheen of unreality, as if a slasher movie were just a wild twist or two away.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • The 17-year-old Yamal remains an endless source of creativity who steps up on every big occasion.
    Pol Ballús, New York Times, 12 May 2025
  • An endless number of diets claim to promote weight loss and improve health.
    Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • Her reasons for choosing Hagerty were unclear, although the firm had already signed a wildfire recovery contract with L.A. County’s emergency management office and had long worked with the state Office of Emergency Services.
    Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
  • Its purpose is no longer unclear or undefined; the industry recognizes it as a solid platform for experienced directors whose films do well in theaters.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 17 May 2025
Adjective
  • While critical thinking is invaluable, the tendency to fixate on ambiguous data points—many of which pertain to uncontrollable external factors—can lead to unnecessary stress.
    Davide Sartini, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • The two were previously involved in a morally ambiguous mission gone wrong, which led to Vincent murdering an undercover cop.
    Skyler Trepel, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025

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“Indefinite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indefinite. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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