definite
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Fouzi Lekjaa, head of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation and a senior politician who works in the finance ministry, has emerged as the kingdom's newest political sensation - and a definite heavyweight.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
It has long proposed that gravity may play a role in forcing quantum systems to collapse into definite states.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
"It would be a mistake for anybody to try to draw definite conclusions just based on the fact that two databases happen to match," Morley told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Whereas U.S. attacks on Fordow in 2025 targeted ventilation shafts that went straight down to the halls of the site, publicly available satellite imagery hasn’t exposed the definite locations of any ventilation sites at Pickaxe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
There was a definite current in the great wide flood, not all of it, but a stream within it moving with what felt like purpose.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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