definable

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We could say my whole life is a vacation, but I would tell you that the definable vacation that I really do take is that we spend the summer in Italy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

The Tennessee-born rock quartet had a rather definable turning point in its career upon the release of their third album, “Because of the Times.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

Post-World War II America has produced several definable varieties of conservative apologist; for the sake of simplicity, they can be reduced to three broad categories: econcons, neocons, and theocons.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2023

The mysticism of “Yellowjackets” is still more theoretical than definable at this point, but in both the past and the present, we appear to be inching toward a revelation.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023

Yet there was something deeper than these changes, and less definable, that frightened me.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin