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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
Adjective
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The undefined goals of the tit-for-tat escalation with some of the United States’ most important partners has left markets reeling and businesses baffled as to how this ends.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
5 Mar. 2025
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What To Know Reuters, Bloomberg and CNN were among news outlets which reported that Trump had ordered the suspension of all military aid supplies to Kyiv pending an undefined Ukrainian commitment to a peaceful settlement of the war.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The moment came and went; a noise rose, of indeterminate temper.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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He was sentenced to 1.5 years fixed and 6.5 years indeterminate.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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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Often, the ad is for an indistinct mobile game featuring a woman with a freezing baby who must choose between spending her fifty gold coins on either building a working fireplace or repairing a broken window that’s letting in an icy breeze.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Executive order spurs uncertain moment The executive order comes as the Cass County Historical Society is about seven months into its year-long grant.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2025
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Listen to this article University of Maryland Athletic Director Damon Evans is likely leaving to take the same position at Southern Methodist University, according to Terps men’s basketball coach Kevin Willard, who’s dealing with speculation about his own uncertain future in College Park.—
Bennett Conlin,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire remains undetermined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Mar. 2025
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The cause of death remains undetermined, the office said.—
Bay Area News Group,
The Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This was a record-breaking 100 minutes of the world according to Trump — an address largely indistinguishable from a campaign-style speech.—
Marc Caputo,
Axios,
5 Mar. 2025
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Another year, another Oscars, 97th in a series, presented live from the Dolby Theatre, on the former site of the Hollywood Hotel, structurally indistinguishable from Oscars that were — pandemic variations notwithstanding — and Oscars that will be.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2025
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Nevertheless, the requirement did provide new information to researchers, employers and some patients about the nature of health care prices — and their wide and often inexplicable variation.—
Margot Sanger-Katz,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Well, have no fear — for some inexplicable reason, this is actually A Chorus Line, but with characters from Wicked, Wizard of Oz, and The Wiz.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Undefinable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undefinable. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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