conclusive

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The shot was more than 70% effective at preventing the disease in the trial, but not enough people contracted Lyme for the findings to be conclusive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Since 2008, the government has taken no conclusive action, leaving shareholders in purgatory.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

"Studies have found increasing TFA levels in remote Arctic ice-cores and our results provide the first conclusive evidence that virtually all of these deposits can be explained by these gases."

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

Did the VAR, Paul Tierney, really have conclusive proof the whole of the ball was over the line?

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

Earlier in the evening Sam had confirmed that the photograph of the unknown hiker faxed down from Alaska was indeed Chris, but the coroner in Fairbanks required Chris’s dental records to make a conclusive identification.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer