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Recent Examples of definable
But Woodin conjectured that the first option — that V is nicely structured, with a definable tower of cardinals — is correct.
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Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2025
The few tracks with clearly definable themes are drolly amusing stories.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2025
Illnesses have definable symptoms and physical signs, they can be tested for and treated (or at least managed).
—Literary Hub, 9 May 2025
Here, twins are more a device than definable characters, kept at a distance.
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
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The researchers focused on true tessellations, in which geometric tiles are discrete structural pieces separated by softer seams, rather than purely visual or hollow patterns such as animal coloration or honeycombs.—
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Digital networks and algorithmic curation have fragmented public life into discrete informational universes.—
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The palace hasn't clarified when the former Prince Andrew, now called Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, will officially move out of Royal Lodge or whether Marsh Farm is his definite destination.—
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There’s no Rotten Tomatoes critics score on Bone Temple yet, but the last 28 Years Later did 89% with critics, 63% with audiences, a B CinemaScore and an OK 52% definite recommend on Screen Engine/Comscore’s PostTrak, with a big turnout by men over 25 at 49% followed by 26% women over 25.—
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Prosecutors said McBride received a determinate sentence of 20 years and four months in prison, to be followed by an indeterminate sentence of 75 years to life in prison.—
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Cucumbers, beans, small squash and melon plants, annual herbs, determinate tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, lettuce, leafy greens, and annual flowers like cosmos and zinnias are just some of the plants that can grow in straw bale gardens.—
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That makes the technology attractive for confined environments, such as ships and spacecraft, according to the Institute of Mechanics.—
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Given how much of the story takes place in a confined setting, when one character launches themselves across a table to attack another, the moment is breathtaking.—
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Elk Grove city leaders have approved turning Amber Waves Way and several other streets into a restricted parking zone.—
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The Panthers gave Mays a restricted tender this past offseason, and the lineman eventually returned on the one-year deal.—
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Joan understands that their circumscribed lives now give their eternity its meaning.—
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In reality, as for most visiting celebrities, her itinerary was narrowly circumscribed.—
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“Definable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/definable. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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