categorical
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People will talk about inflation when the latest CPI numbers come out, or interest rates after Federal Reserve actions, but you can always come back to that core question and the categorical answers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
For instance, Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent spent 29 pages arguing that these categorical sports bans are likely unconstitutional.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
"Kim's core message was a categorical rejection of reports of US-China discussions on North Korean denuclearisation as 'false information'", he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
Under the handball law that should automatically lead to the goal being disallowed but, as Webb explained, the VAR did not feel he could be "absolutely categorical" about it.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
The doctor, a great Jewish doctor, a prisoner like ourselves, was categorical: “We have to operate! If we wait, the toes and perhaps the leg will have to be amputated.”
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
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