definite
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But by the end of the debate, and two straight nights of gubernatorial debates as well, I came away thinking there were no clear winners, but there was a definite loser.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
Brighton still have a mathematical chance of overtaking Aston Villa for the fifth and final definite Champions League qualification place but are eight points behind with just three games left.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Yet this picture clashes with what we observe in daily life, where objects occupy one definite place or state at a time.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
“I never had a definite place which was my room or where I retired specially to write,” Agatha Christie said in her autobiography.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
But nowadays everybody knows that zero can’t really sit anywhere on the number line, because it has a definite numerical value of its own.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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