well-defined

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Recent Examples of well-defined Partly that's because any such black hole should lie at the center of the Large Magellanic Cloud, but its center is not well-defined. Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 6 Mar. 2025 Icons and text look sharp and well-defined on the screen. Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 3 Mar. 2025 Kidman wore her voluminous blonde hair parted in the middle with subtle but well-defined waves. Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2025 This strategy provides an excellent balance of capturing bullish momentum while keeping the risk well-defined and manageable. Nishant Pant, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for well-defined
Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-defined
Adjective
  • Liz joins an experiment that revives emotions via lucid memories.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 8 May 2025
  • Psychologists slowly came around, conducting research and tapping into patients’ lucid dreaming capacity for therapeutic purposes.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • During Kenya’s mass protests last year, demonstrators created chatbots to explain complex legislation in plain language to help their peers understand its impact.
    Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2025
  • There are date-night options ranging from the expensive to the affordable, from the romantic to the just plain fun.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • Instructors from Merrill Lynch broke down complex financial concepts into digestible lessons on budgeting, credit scores, and wealth building.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 11 May 2025
  • People engage more in content that is quick and easily digestible.
    Adrian Falk, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Style them with a simple tank for a casual day out, or add a blazer and ballet flats for a more polished airport look.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2025
  • While rectal cancers can be detected with a simple MRI scan, other cancer types are more difficult.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • Observers couldn’t quite tell what the explicit target was—American movies filmed overseas?
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 May 2025
  • That this exchange between Fatima and her mother stops short of being an explicit breakthrough is significant, an acknowledgement that the outcomes of situations like these are often imperfect.
    Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • The Constitution is perfectly clear: no present 'of any kind whatever' from a foreign state without Congressional permission.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025
  • Taken together, the studies provide the clearest evidence yet that birds and mammals independently evolved brain regions for complex cognition.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Wired News, 11 May 2025
Adjective
  • On a broader stage, there is Mamie Gummer, eldest daughter of the Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep.
    Lynne Agress, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2025
  • Yet regulation alone hasn’t resolved broader disparities.
    Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Adjective
  • One of the most effective ways to do this is by specializing in client segments with distinct financial needs, values, and life experiences.
    Jason Katz, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
  • Its distinct big band sound and rhythms attracted both young and old on Friday night including Haitian konpa fans pushing walkers.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 May 2025

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