definitively
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The causes of endometriosis have left our best doctors and scientists totally flummoxed: no-one in the world knows definitively how and when it begins in a woman's body.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Despite our excitement, open theoretical questions remain that prevent us from definitively claiming that physics beyond the Standard Model has been observed.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
They also noted that definitively proving who made these trades, and whether or not they were inspired by insider knowledge, would be difficult.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
That said, there is one area where millennials definitively have had it harder than Boomers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
The metric system merely completed a process that had begun with the invention of the telescope, which definitively destroyed the idea that the universe was made on the same scale as man.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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