definitive
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When I ask Sir Dieter Helm, professor of economic policy at Oxford University, for his definitive answer on the cost of renewables, he laughs.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
"By focusing on how life spreads and interacts with environments, we can search for it without needing a perfect definition or a single definitive signal," said Harrison B. Smith.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
“We won’t have definitive evidence of second-round effects for a while,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
That is formidable, but this book is meant to be definitive, and it succeeds in accomplishing that.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
The Second hesitated a long moment before sliding her sword back into its scabbard with a definitive click.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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