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Because we have not yet been able to definitively assess what these recent objects are, we have acted out of an abundance of caution to protect our security and interests, the spy balloon from (China) was of course different in that we knew precisely what (it) was. These most recent objects do not pose a kinetic military threat, but their path in proximity to sensitive (defense) sites and the altitude that they were flying could be a hazard to civilian aviation and thus raised concerns. – Melissa Dalton	Found on CNN 1 year ago
While the detection of this class of organics alone does not mean that life was definitively there, this set of observations does start to look like some things that we've seen here on Earth, to put it simply, if this is a treasure hunt for potential signs of life on another planet, organic matter is a clue. And we're getting stronger and stronger clues as we're moving through our delta campaign. – Sunanda Sharma	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It is an investigative avenue that Myles Sanderson are following up on, but Myles Sanderson can't say that definitively at this point. – Police Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It is an investigative avenue that we are following up on, but we can't say that definitively at this point. – Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Ancient DNA technique is a really powerful tool, it tells us quite definitively that the Red Deer Cave people were modern humans instead of an archaic species, such as Neanderthals or Denisovans, despite their unusual morphological features. – Bing Su	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It would be great if Quest and LabCorp could do it. It'd be great if there were kits that people could put in sexually transmitted infection clinics to definitively diagnose, but I don't think right now you're hampering the public health response, just because there's no other orthopoxvirus circulating. – Amesh Adalja	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think Joe Manchin is definitively concerned about doing some of the things Joe Manchin thinks ought to be done. – John Kerry	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I have been a strong supporter of the ERA ever since I first ran for the Senate as a 29-year-old. We must recognize the clear will of the American people and definitively enshrine the principle of gender equality in the Constitution, it is long past time that we put all doubt to rest. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They handled us and handled us definitively. We understand that. At the same time, we're not paralyzed by that, we accept that we didn't play well enough, we accept that we didn't plan well enough. – Mike Tomlin	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
When we look to 2022, there should be more of a debate about valuations and the direction of inflation, that's great for value stocks and cyclical companies but not for tech once rates start to more definitively move higher,'. – Lisa Shalett	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This is also the first time since they've disappeared we've been able to definitively place #AmberClare with Jacob, find them!!!!! They’re on foot!!! – Tennessee Bureau of Investigation	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think we need to show why a booster dose is clearly of benefit to 18-29 year-olds, because if it's not clearly of benefit, we have to consider the fact that myocarditis was a second dose phenomenon and may also be a third dose phenomenon. Do the benefits clearly and definitively outweigh risks for 18-29 year old ? – Paul Offit	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It definitively points towards investors being more comfortable with the Fed, the Fed has done a really good job telegraphing all their moves, making everyone comfortable with what’s going to happen. – Chris Murphy	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
The unique blend of material is consistent with multiple interdictions over the years that have been definitively linked back to Iran, co-mingled with items identical to those recovered from Iran-aligned groups in the region. – Tim Michetti	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
It doesn't prove that using cannabis causes depression or self-harm, but also doesn't definitively refute it, complicated associations appear to be found, and we just don't fully understand them yet. – Lucien Gonzalez	Found on CNN 3 years ago
What we know is that over the past six years since the events in the Ukraine happened, the U.S. and EU have been continually applying sanctions, the question is, are these sanctions having any desirable effect (for the West)? I think the answer is definitively 'no'. – Daniel Moreno	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Covid-19 is so new that we don't have nearly enough research on it for adults, let alone for children, we can't say definitively that the risks of them returning to school are minimal. Much more research still needs to be done. – Elizabeth Cohen	Found on CNN 3 years ago
No one's really willing to put themselves on the line and say, 'Hey, you're home free, you have antibodies,' or, 'You're still contagious,' no one really wants to tell us - definitively - anything. – Jason Baruch	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It is hard to say definitively at this point, which is why there needs to be an independent, external investigation into the WHO response to COVID-19 and Chinas potential influence over its decisions, what the WHO has done is to accept Chinese claims and statistics, no matter how outlandish. This should be clear, as the Chinese just corrected their Wuhan fatality figure by 50 percent. The WHO never questioned the original statistics. – Dean Cheng	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I, on the other side, have said I'm not disagreeing with the fact anecdotally they might work, but my job is to prove definitively from a scientific standpoint that they do work, so I was taking a purely medical, scientific standpoint and The President was trying to bring hope to the people. – Anthony Fauci	Found on CNN 4 years ago
What we're trying to do here is definitively answer that question: If you take wearable technology and couple it with an app, can you reduce the risk of a stroke or death? – Paul Burton	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We thought it was just a matter of time, that definitively there would be a fire. – Donald Graham	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We've been able to definitively link Burisma Holdings based on patterns consistent from this campaign with many others. – Oren Falkowitz	Found on CNN 4 years ago
( Horowitz) is not definitively ruling that there was no bias. I think that's why we have John Durham. – William Barr	Found on CNN 4 years ago

Because we have not yet been able to definitively assess what these recent objects are, we have acted out of an abundance of caution to protect our security and interests, the spy balloon from (China) was of course different in that we knew precisely what (it) was. These most recent objects do not pose a kinetic military threat, but their path in proximity to sensitive (defense) sites and the altitude that they were flying could be a hazard to civilian aviation and thus raised concerns.

– Melissa Dalton

Found on CNN
1 year ago

While the detection of this class of organics alone does not mean that life was definitively there, this set of observations does start to look like some things that we've seen here on Earth, to put it simply, if this is a treasure hunt for potential signs of life on another planet, organic matter is a clue. And we're getting stronger and stronger clues as we're moving through our delta campaign.

– Sunanda Sharma

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is an investigative avenue that Myles Sanderson are following up on, but Myles Sanderson can't say that definitively at this point.

– Police Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is an investigative avenue that we are following up on, but we can't say that definitively at this point.

– Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Ancient DNA technique is a really powerful tool, it tells us quite definitively that the Red Deer Cave people were modern humans instead of an archaic species, such as Neanderthals or Denisovans, despite their unusual morphological features.

– Bing Su

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It would be great if Quest and LabCorp could do it. It'd be great if there were kits that people could put in sexually transmitted infection clinics to definitively diagnose, but I don't think right now you're hampering the public health response, just because there's no other orthopoxvirus circulating.

– Amesh Adalja

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think Joe Manchin is definitively concerned about doing some of the things Joe Manchin thinks ought to be done.

– John Kerry

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I have been a strong supporter of the ERA ever since I first ran for the Senate as a 29-year-old. We must recognize the clear will of the American people and definitively enshrine the principle of gender equality in the Constitution, it is long past time that we put all doubt to rest.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They handled us and handled us definitively. We understand that. At the same time, we're not paralyzed by that, we accept that we didn't play well enough, we accept that we didn't plan well enough.

– Mike Tomlin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When we look to 2022, there should be more of a debate about valuations and the direction of inflation, that's great for value stocks and cyclical companies but not for tech once rates start to more definitively move higher,'.

– Lisa Shalett

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This is also the first time since they've disappeared we've been able to definitively place #AmberClare with Jacob, find them!!!!! They’re on foot!!!

– Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think we need to show why a booster dose is clearly of benefit to 18-29 year-olds, because if it's not clearly of benefit, we have to consider the fact that myocarditis was a second dose phenomenon and may also be a third dose phenomenon. Do the benefits clearly and definitively outweigh risks for 18-29 year old ?

– Paul Offit

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It definitively points towards investors being more comfortable with the Fed, the Fed has done a really good job telegraphing all their moves, making everyone comfortable with what’s going to happen.

– Chris Murphy

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

The unique blend of material is consistent with multiple interdictions over the years that have been definitively linked back to Iran, co-mingled with items identical to those recovered from Iran-aligned groups in the region.

– Tim Michetti

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

It doesn't prove that using cannabis causes depression or self-harm, but also doesn't definitively refute it, complicated associations appear to be found, and we just don't fully understand them yet.

– Lucien Gonzalez

Found on CNN
3 years ago

What we know is that over the past six years since the events in the Ukraine happened, the U.S. and EU have been continually applying sanctions, the question is, are these sanctions having any desirable effect (for the West)? I think the answer is definitively 'no'.

– Daniel Moreno

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Covid-19 is so new that we don't have nearly enough research on it for adults, let alone for children, we can't say definitively that the risks of them returning to school are minimal. Much more research still needs to be done.

– Elizabeth Cohen

Found on CNN
3 years ago

No one's really willing to put themselves on the line and say, 'Hey, you're home free, you have antibodies,' or, 'You're still contagious,' no one really wants to tell us - definitively - anything.

– Jason Baruch

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It is hard to say definitively at this point, which is why there needs to be an independent, external investigation into the WHO response to COVID-19 and Chinas potential influence over its decisions, what the WHO has done is to accept Chinese claims and statistics, no matter how outlandish. This should be clear, as the Chinese just corrected their Wuhan fatality figure by 50 percent. The WHO never questioned the original statistics.

– Dean Cheng

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I, on the other side, have said I'm not disagreeing with the fact anecdotally they might work, but my job is to prove definitively from a scientific standpoint that they do work, so I was taking a purely medical, scientific standpoint and The President was trying to bring hope to the people.

– Anthony Fauci

Found on CNN
4 years ago

What we're trying to do here is definitively answer that question: If you take wearable technology and couple it with an app, can you reduce the risk of a stroke or death?

– Paul Burton

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We thought it was just a matter of time, that definitively there would be a fire.

– Donald Graham

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We've been able to definitively link Burisma Holdings based on patterns consistent from this campaign with many others.

– Oren Falkowitz

Found on CNN
4 years ago

( Horowitz) is not definitively ruling that there was no bias. I think that's why we have John Durham.

– William Barr

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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