definable

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We could say my whole life is a vacation, but I would tell you that the definable vacation that I really do take is that we spend the summer in Italy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

It’s a frustrating experience for them and, to a degree, for the audience, who would like the work to settle into a definable groove.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

Post-World War II America has produced several definable varieties of conservative apologist; for the sake of simplicity, they can be reduced to three broad categories: econcons, neocons, and theocons.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2023

Does Boulez — and more broadly the Darmstadt School-era composers like Nono and Stockhausen, who shot to prominence in the 1950s — still have a definable influence on composition today, especially on young composers?

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2023

That continuous, unnamed ache I had been living with was precise and definable now.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston