definiteness

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Noun
  • Those principles, along with historical analysis, will resolve a great deal of apparent under-determinacy.
    J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 3 May 2022
  • The iron determinacy of combustion; the vagaries of human capacity and choice.
    Longreads, Longreads, 9 May 2017
Noun
  • The goal here is not to inform or educate, to listen or process, to build or intellectualize but to win, to own, to dunk on, to break the opponent’s brain, to spawn an argument of such devastating definitiveness that the matter can be considered, once and for all, closed.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Often reduced to a greeting or a commodity, aloha is, in practice, a way of living—rooted in deep love, truth, and connection.
    Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
  • In truth, the slow starts, the disjointed offense and the disconnected defense haven’t been Knicks miscues unique to road games this season.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Yet our education system, obsessed with correctness, often trains this instinct out of kids.
    Vivienne Ming, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
  • We all get hung up in political correctness.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Perhaps the most reassuring detail for fans concerned about canon fidelity is how much Martin has endorsed this production.
    Ryan Brennan April 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Sonos Headphone Deal The Sonos Ace gives you a high-fidelity personal listening experience featuring custom 40mm dynamic drivers for impeccable precision.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The ubiquity and strictness of regulation has real business impacts.
    Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • And there’s little strictness about ideological consistency.
    Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • If the Sun is high in the lunar sky during the flyby, there will be few shadows, and the crew will be looking for subtle variations in surface color and rightness.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
  • This sense of rightness — imperfect, but clarifying — is what gout offers as diagnosis.
    Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Inspired by museum collections and Art Deco design, the geometry and exactness of bold shapes in earthy tones are captivating.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Definiteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/definiteness. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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