indefinite
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Someone who lives and works in the UK on a visa would typically have to wait at least five years before an application for indefinite leave to remain can be made.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
A 1951 defense treaty gave the U.S. the right to establish an indefinite number of bases in perpetuity, provided it informed Denmark and Greenland.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
A five-year grassroots campaign to spur the reopening of one of the crown jewels of moviegoing in Los Angeles is on indefinite pause following an incident at the theater Friday night.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
Yet this scene, too, is ultimately reconfigured in surprising ways, leaving its meanings bracingly indefinite.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Not only could the material be used to build a prison, the state legislature reasoned, it could be quarried, placed on riverboats, and sold into the indefinite future, helping the prison turn a profit.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing indefinite
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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"CLEP Financial Accounting," Vocabulary from Chapter 16
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