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How to use the word Definitive in a Sentence?

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Further study is absolutely warranted to make a definitive impact on clinical practice.

– Richard Isaacson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I've done a lot of research on this, and I've spent the past couple of weeks talking to Granite Staters all over the state from every party, and I have come to the conclusion -- and I want to be definitive on this -- the election was not stolen.

– Don Bolduc

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I certainly hope so, because we are not going to get an answer that is a definitive answer — I mean, even if they do cooperate, we may not do that.

– Anthony Fauci

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I think this is a definitive roadmap … for my generation to reclaim our country, ... I believe that this is the plan the American people can really coalesce around because this is one that puts people first.

– Madison Cawthorn

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The legal immunity with which these companies are protected is not definitive, it's not complete, it has some cracks that we are going to use to launch Alla Lefkowitz.

– Alejandro Celorio

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It is probably true that the greatest changes in the strength of trans women on hormone therapy occur in the first 12 months, but there aren't enough data to make a definitive statement, it is possible that there are further declines in strength after 36 months, and a recent small study out of Brazil suggests that the entire strength advantage might go away. But they just looked at grip strength in eight trans women, compared with eight cis women matched for BMI, so I think the matter is far from settled.

– Joanna Harper

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

More than 100 toxic ponds are potentially sitting in groundwater, and almost all are starting closure, so a definitive statement from EPA that ash ponds can not close in groundwater is a game changer and will protect the water of millions of Americans.

– Lisa Evans

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It’s going to be a definitive moment to have a sitting governor challenged by the current attorney general from the same party who are both history-making in their own right.

– Democratic State Sen. Brad Hoylam

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

However, due to voluminous anecdotal reports in circulation on this latter topic, we must err on the side of caution when making decisions that may impact the health of the school community. Until there are definitive and scientifically proven studies that refute these reports, we need to do what is best for our students and staff.

– David Centner

Found on CNN
2 years ago

However, I'm never going to tell you this is a definitive study, it is a snapshot in time and can only show an association.

– Leonardo Trasande

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There's a lot of smoke here, no definitive flame, but database goes down. No sharing of samples of these potential lab workers who got sickened. No forensic analysis of the lab. It starts to sound like there wasn't a really definitive investigation of the lab-leak theory.

– Sanjay Gupta

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Well, I think that it needs to follow the evidence, if there's definitive evidence of the lab leak, then that needs to be investigated. There is none yet.

– Peter Daszak

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think that's right. There's not been a definitive investigation of the lab-leak theory, will there be?

– Peter Daszak

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

These crests probably played a role in the flight dynamics of these creatures, and hopefully future research will deliver more definitive answers.

– Steve Salisbury

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Semi-circular in shape, it would have resembled a( 13cm radius) half dinner plate on its side, these crests probably played a role in the flight dynamics of these creatures, and hopefully future research will deliver more definitive answers.

– Tim Richards

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Not every sample Perseverance is collecting will be done in the quest for ancient life, and we don't expect this first sample to provide definitive proof one way or the other, while the rocks located in this geologic unit are not great time capsules for organics, we believe they have been around since the formation of Jezero Crater and incredibly valuable to fill gaps in our geologic understanding of this region -- things we'll desperately need to know if we find life once existed on Mars.

– Ken Farley

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Fresno County officials all want to know a definitive cause to what started Cal Fire last year, investigators spent countless hours hiking rugged terrain to determine the cause, interviewed numerous leads, and eliminated multiple potential causes. In the end, lightning remains as the probable cause.

– Dean Gould

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We need a definitive answer for how this might have happened, it really is a unique type of tragedy to have, in the middle of the night, half a building just collapse like that.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Even if we come up short with a definitive answer, what we're going to have is a foundation for additional revelations to come out from scientists around the world who are now going to be emboldened because they know that this is a priority of the United States.

– Matthew Pottinger

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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– Andy Hollinger

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I have now asked the Intelligence Community to redouble their efforts to collect and analyze information that could bring us closer to a definitive conclusion, and to report back to me in 90 days.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

As of today, the U.S. Intelligence Community has' coalesced around two likely scenarios' but has not reached a definitive conclusion on this question, here is their current position :' while two elements in the IC leans toward the former scenario and one leans more toward the latter -- each with low or moderate confidence -- the majority of elements do not believe there is sufficient information to assess one to be more likely than the other.'.

– President Biden

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I have now asked the Intelligence Community to redouble their efforts to collect and analyze information that could bring us closer to a definitive conclusion, and to report back to me in 90 days, as part of that report, I have asked for areas of further inquiry that may be required, including specific questions for China.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Because this is a common police tactic, and it all too often results in death, it is crucial that the Supreme Court provide definitive guidance regarding the Constitution's prohibition on the use of excessive force in this context.

– Paul Hughes

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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