How to Use well-defined in a Sentence

well-defined

adjective

• According to the parks service, the Bright Angel trail is well-defined and steep.
  — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2023
• The performance metrics the Ford-class carrier program must meet are clear and well-defined.
  — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• Policies that are well-defined, transparent, and have the support of the workforce lead to improved retention rates.
  — Gleb Tsipursky, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023
• While coyote packs do maintain some version of an alpha, their hierarchy is not as well-defined as the alpha in wolf packs.
  — Hampton Bourne, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2023
• Certain of these historical claims are well-defined and easy to certify.
  — Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2023
• The experimental nature Millepied is going for here is well-defined by Cooper’s work.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
• When your goals are well-defined, team members will understand the expectations and priorities without the need for frequent check-ins.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 13 Sep. 2023
• The combination of losing weight fast and malnutrition may lead to poor skin elasticity in areas that are usually well-defined on the body.
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 3 June 2023
• The field begins with a focus on a basic and well-defined underlying mechanism—the activity of a single neuron.
  — Dan Rockmore, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
• Wolves are complex animals, with complex societies, but a recent finding shows how one factor is eerily simple, or at least well-defined—and affects humans, too.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2023
• Athletic Shape: Athletic bodies have a straighter silhouette and well-defined muscles.
  — Maya Polton Updated, Parents, 10 Aug. 2023
• To be effective, supporters say DEI initiatives must be well-defined and measurable and there must be genuine buy-in from university leadership.
  — Athena Jones, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
• Altman’s case exemplifies this at the highest level of the corporate structure and also speaks to the need for success metrics that are well-defined before performance evaluations.
  — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2023
• The character arcs are satisfying and well-defined, the autumnal production design is almost swoon-inducing, and the sisters' descent into witchcraft is wittily characterized by the evolving shooting style.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024