How to Use conclusive in a Sentence

conclusive

adjective
  • Pfizer says its study will likely yield conclusive results in October.
    Robert Langreth, Bloomberg.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Cameron said there was no conclusive evidence that any of Hankison’s shots hit Taylor.
    Dylan Lovan, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Cameron said there was no conclusive evidence that any of Hankison's shots hit Taylor.
    Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Less conclusive is the data regarding how the Guardian Caps perform on the actual field.
    Alex Prewitt, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
  • But the risk of a contested election, in which the results aren't conclusive for some time after the vote, is starting to garner more attention.
    Julia Horowitz, CNN, 29 Sep. 2020
  • The Cab Franc punctuated the evening, so to speak, with conclusive endnotes of silkiness and leather.
    Cathy Huyghe, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Cameron also said there was no conclusive evidence that any of Hankison's 10 gunshots hit Taylor inside her home.
    Dylan Lovan, Star Tribune, 24 Sep. 2020
  • The country celebration was conclusive proof — not that it was ever really needed — of just how popular Kate really is in her hometown.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 11 Sep. 2020
  • The findings from the new Cochrane report aren’t particularly conclusive in favor of adding fluoride to drinking water, experts say.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The trial was able to generate conclusive evidence on the impact the drugs had on mortality, the need for ventilation, and duration of hospital stay.
    John Bonifield, CNN, 15 Oct. 2020
  • There’s been no conclusive evidence the oil slick was from the sub.
    Fox News, 23 Apr. 2021
  • But the small numbers mean the finding is far from conclusive.
    Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 7 June 2021
  • The evidence is pretty conclusive -- and none of it points to good news for Democrats in 2022.
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 25 Oct. 2021
  • In fact, since April was weak, even a strong May jobs growth number might not be that conclusive.
    Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 3 June 2021
  • Most researchers think the science isn't yet conclusive, but Ness doesn't want to wait.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The app, and the studies of it, are simply too young for researchers to draw conclusive answers.
    Christian Paz, Vox, 5 June 2024
  • Don’t expect anything conclusive by the end of eight hours.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 July 2022
  • Even with thousands of voids, the study’s error bars are still too large to say anything conclusive.
    Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 25 July 2023
  • State testing of well water more than a quarter mile from the two Gore sites was less conclusive.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The sample is far too small to be conclusive, but the early results are promising.
    Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 2 July 2024
  • Peskov dismissed the phone call as not being conclusive.
    Greg Norman, Fox News, 9 Feb. 2023
  • There was no flu, and all other tests didn’t show anything conclusive, but the deep freeze during that time could’ve been the culprit.
    Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com, 12 May 2021
  • In the decades since, there have been rumors and ghost stories but no conclusive evidence about their fate.
    Longreads, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The ending of the comics was pretty conclusive (spoilers follow).
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 31 July 2022
  • Science can take a long time to reach conclusive results.
    Annie Shattuck, The Conversation, 2 July 2021
  • In a news briefing on Friday, WHO experts said that the data is not conclusive.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The ruling was that the puck completely crossed the goal line, though replays didn't appear conclusive.
    Jose M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Initial Valley fever tests weren't conclusive for Julius Holt, the Marana youth football coach.
    Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2022
  • One source heard that the left side of Brito’s body was numb, though nothing conclusive about his condition was announced.
    Alyssa Hertel, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2021
  • To what extent these attacks may prove conclusive remains to be seen.
    Constant Méheut, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023

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