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Recent Examples of undefinable
Miryang is neither a respite for Shin-ae nor an escape, but rather some undefinable cross between the two.
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Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
Brady: …give me a sense of what that means, because that’s a term that people can immediately read as somewhere in that mid-market that’s kind of undefinable and sometimes hard to grow.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 24 July 2024
The answer to that pursuit can be found only in something given little attention in laboratories, classrooms and battlefields — the undefinable, unscientific realm of art.
—Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
There’s one full of hair, a play on the undefinable ick one feels when one spots a stray hair in the sink or on the shower wall.
—Nora Taylor, Curbed, 2 Jan. 2024
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Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
Brady: …give me a sense of what that means, because that’s a term that people can immediately read as somewhere in that mid-market that’s kind of undefinable and sometimes hard to grow.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 24 July 2024
The answer to that pursuit can be found only in something given little attention in laboratories, classrooms and battlefields — the undefinable, unscientific realm of art.
—Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
There’s one full of hair, a play on the undefinable ick one feels when one spots a stray hair in the sink or on the shower wall.
—Nora Taylor, Curbed, 2 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undefinable
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The paper proceeds to paste together a transhistorical collage of names (Aristotle, Carl Linnaeus, Giovanni Morelli, Giorgio Vasari) in the service of the idea that partnership between the arts and science (both undefined) has an illustrious genealogy.—
Sonja Drimmer,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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The season 21 lead — who attended the gala with her former Dancing with the Stars partner Sasha Farber amid their undefined relationship — previously told PEOPLE her thoughts about the dating show’s hiatus.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Recent antagonism toward the government workforce, however, has targeted a particular type: the office-dweller, the laptop-user, the knowledge worker who is possibly remote, possibly dead, whose products are indeterminate and, therefore, of dubious value.—
Charlie Tyson,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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Bringing studies together, 32% or 1 in 3 of participants had either critical or indeterminate findings.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Sherlock and Amelia are not exactly mentor and mentee, but something less interesting and indistinct.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2025
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The play is now set in a purposely indistinct time period.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2025
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The future remains uncertain and the debate over fairness, inclusion and athlete rights continues.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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With a decline in visitor numbers and travel dollars, and federal aid nowhere in sight, the future remains uncertain for many in the area.—
Olivia Lee,
Charlotte Observer,
8 May 2025
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Currently, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it is still undetermined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2025
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According to a release from the New Haven Police Department on Friday, the cause of Leary’s death has been ruled undetermined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Scouring the data for other variables that might’ve affected dementia risk, the researchers found that both groups, vaccine-eligible and vaccine-ineligible, were practically indistinguishable.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Apr. 2025
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The quality of the legends can vary greatly, with higher-end keycaps looking indistinguishable from doubleshot keycaps, but less expensive options appearing fuzzy or blurry.—
Henri Robbins,
WIRED,
24 Mar. 2025
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The abrupt and inexplicable shifts have been dizzying and destabilizing to anyone in the business world, where predictability is the soil in which the seeds of investment get planted.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2025
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On Friday, the Sanders saga transformed from surprising to effectively inexplicable.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Undefinable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undefinable. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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