definite

Example Sentences

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“It brings back some definite memories,” he told me.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

So I had very definite feelings about it, and I thought it was wrongheaded and really somewhat shameful of the academy to do that.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Pichon-Getzels says he has seen a definite trend toward properties in the area spending more time on the market.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

Eli Frankel, by contrast, reaches what he argues is a definite conclusion in “Sisters in Death: The Black Dahlia, the Prairie Heiress, and Their Hunter.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Often, phrases come in definite pairs, with the first phrase feeling very unfinished until it is completed by the second phrase, as if the second phrase were answering a question asked by the first phrase.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones