How To Use Definitive In A Sentence

I'm sure there will be a generous amount of worthies stepping forward to parse every sentence, on the eternal quest for the definitive admission that it's over.
People are always spouting off with definitive answers about what design is… except that everyone has a different take on it.
Though some may decry the lack of uncut versions of each film, the fact is this will most likely be the definitive version of this series.
In summary, the research to date provides few definitive guidelines for the clinician.
He did in these extremities, as I conceive, most humbly recommend the direction of his judicial proceedings to the upright judge of judges, God Almighty; did submit himself to the conduct and guideship of the blessed Spirit in the hazard and perplexity of the definitive sentence, and, by this aleatory lot, did as it were implore and explore the divine decree of his goodwill and pleasure, instead of that which we call the final judgment of a court. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel

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In 1974 he published the definitive book on the history of carriage clocks. Times, Sunday Times
The flock receives virtually no historical background from its shepherd - who is believed to be the definitive authority on such matters.
Louis Jordan, a historian with a strong interest in numismatic issues, has written what is undoubtedly the definitive history of Massachusetts' seventeenth-century mint.
That would be Robert Downey Jr., whose antisentimental charisma is the most dramatically definitive feature of Colorado Springs Independent
Comparative genetic analysis of the viral DNA from each isolate would be required to definitively ascertain the conspecificity of these viruses.
Ochsner Health System to acquire NSRMCThe private, not-for-profit Ochsner Health System today announced the signing of a definitive agreem ... THE MEDICAL NEWS
With luck, we'll find definitive proof that Solutrean peoples came over from Europe, built the pyramid, and colonized the New World," says Coe. Pyramid Found in New England
I can't say definitively, which is sad, because not only am I going to miss doing them, but also working with John. Jezebel
Any such definitive analysis, however, would need to respond, at the very least, both to his at once ‘avant- garde’ and hard-headedly commercial use of abstracted, deliberately over-stylised backgrounds and movements, and to the logical circularity which repeatedly dictates the emotional lives of his characters.
Having a definitive result would lessen the chances of teams being able to contrive an outcome but it would not remove the possibility completely. Times, Sunday Times
This book is definitive and covers all aspects of cooking for the season. The Sun
He often summons the image of a bridge, as he does here in his perhaps most definitive passage about the Overman: There it was too that I picked up the word "overman" by the way, and that man is something that must be overcome-that man is a bridge and no end: proclaiming himself blessed in view of his noon and evening, as the way to new dawns-Zarathustra's word of the great noon, and whatever else I hung up over man like the last crimson light of evening. Archive 2005-10-01
At various times we discussed writing his book, the definitive account of his life in the sport. The Sun
This new uncut edition promises to be the definitive version of the hallucinatory classic.
Such words as peltast, androgyn, and exultant are substitutions of this kind, and are intended to be suggestive rather than definitive. The Shadow of the Torturer
The advice is not intended to be definitive and should be used for guidance only.
After retirement he was chairman of the trustees supervising the definitive edition of the music of Berlioz. Times, Sunday Times
In witness whereof we the undersigned, their ministers plenipotentiary, have in their name and in virtue of our full powers, signed with our hands the present definitive treaty and caused the seals of our arms to be affixed thereto. Your History Moment: The Treaty of Paris « Third Point of Singularity
The flock receives virtually no historical background from its shepherd - who is believed to be the definitive authority on such matters.
While no definitive solution to the impasse was reached there will be a further meeting of all concerned next week
Of great concern is that this corpulence has definitively been linked to the youthful onset of diabetes and hypertension, and to strokes and heart attacks in middle age. Edward Flattau: Food Foolery
You have the Martini exactly right - except you've not mentioned what is to me one of the definitive attributes of a Martini: its plumpy silkiness. Liquid Lunch (Martini Manifesto)
The ill-omened page of postmodern historicism has been definitively turned.
Indeed, it is founded on the idea that there is no definitive solution.
Here, then, is the definitive answer to the eternal question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
As the painting emerges from the alternate scumbling and glazing of the surface, Gobhai marks in his definitive lines, drawing and sometimes incising them with a burnishing tool.
I wish I had the definitive answer. The Sun
Well, now I've had a ‘Persantine’ stress test performed, using radioactive thallium, a very thorough, definitive, cardiac examination, including an echocardiograph.
There are many ways to go about spacing typefaces and this isn't meant to be definitive.
Although these results do not definitively pinpoint the source of the steps, they confirm the earlier hypothesis that shortening is quantal.
Along with managerial skills, his geoscience specialties include well survey ( "logs") analysis and interpretation, evaluation of depositional and diagenetic systems, seismic - stratigraphic application to the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbon reservoirs, and definitive risk/reward economic evaluation of oil and gas projects. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
But he admitted there was'no definitive evidence to prove or disprove the suggested link '. The Sun
The Catholic Church is full of people who either don't know or don't care about the distinction between definitive, irreformable doctrine and mere theological opinion. Archive 2007-10-01
The global measurements to be provided by the imminent GRACE mission and by continuing efforts in satellite altimetry are expected to provide a definitive solution to this important climatological and geophysical puzzle.
It's as simple as this: we're in an interregnum, that brief period of time before some bright young hacker or some clever company solves this problem definitively.
For one, the book contains a definitive bibliography and indices on the subject.
Even then, as Woodruff points out again and again, we can never be assured that we'll reach a definitive end.
SMITH: I think it's fair to say that the angiogram is currently the most definitive test we have available to get the kind of anatomic detail that we need to make these decisions. CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2004
But this is hardly a definitive answer to the question of handedness.
Her book is the definitive works on Milton.
Everyday stamps are called definitives, and are available continuously, being reprinted as necessary.
Neither a minimum effort to embrace this "second choice plot" with a clear, social commitment as a real attach to prohibition and its social putrefactive actions or the need to put on top of emergence priorities the drugs law reform and definitively send the DEAs and the Reagans/Dubya philosophy to the horrors cellar.... Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant Added To Toronto Fest Lineup | /Film
Here's the definitive list of my favorite 50 Non Hip Hop EP's, LP's and mixtapes of 2008 as of 12/23..list is subject to change. Dart Adams presents The Top 50 Non Hip Hop EP's, LP's & Mixtapes Of 2008
Will this session be the one where we charted a definitive new course and returned to our proud roots as the Land of Lincoln - or did we squander the opportunity and thereby remain fodder for Saturday Night Live's next popular skit? Archive 2009-05-01
But so far the most definitive self comes from the Struggle. The Times Literary Supplement
For months she had wrestled with the idea of coming back, searching for a definitive reason to say yes or no. Times, Sunday Times
FEYERICK (on camera): The Commission hopes to provide what it calls the definitive account of 9/11 and ways to save even more lives if a terror attack should happen again. CNN Transcript May 18, 2004
But to rule out the idea definitively would prejudice the options of future Iraqi governments and American administrations. Michael O'Hanlon: IRAQ: Permanent Bases a Mistake?
An equity strategist at Morgan Stanley, he is currently one of the most bullish of commentators, stating definitively that the worst is over.
Definitive hosts eating uncooked aquatic plants and vegetation with encysted metacercariae are infected, starting the cycle over again. Chapter 2
So opening the bottle and tasting it is not the definitive identity of a fake. Times, Sunday Times
What I called an "imposture" for a critical edition was precisely the impression given of a single, clean, definitive text in large type. 'Romantic Originals': An Exchange
He's a highly regarded member of the faculty, fully tenured, the author of a definitive textbook. A RODENT OF DOUBT
However, this is likely to become the definitive English version of Proust, and the endless arguments about the niceties of translation are perhaps of real concern only to very few.
Ever believable, this actress to my mind continually surpasses what I have always come to think of as her definitive performance.
Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal 'Ruhlmann' by Florence Camard Rizzoli From the book 'Ruhlmann' by Florence Camard/Rizzoli Reuter table with shagreen and ivory marquetry From the book 'Ruhlmann' by Florence Camard/Rizzoli Collectionneur chest in black lacquer No designer has come to stand for the glamorous 1920s and '30s more definitively than Jacques Émile Ruhlmann, with his exquisite marquetry of ivory and rare woods, sumptuous textiles and gleaming metal accents. All Hands on Deco
Sakow, who definitively identifies herself as an "abolitionist," was in New York City on January 7th, the day before she was scheduled to leave for Israel. Marcia G. Yerman: Sexual Trafficking in Israel
She was renewing all her whispered and out-spoken charges when Dickery showed himself at her side, put his hand under her elbow, and wheeled her about, and while she called gayly over her shoulder to the others, "Did you ever?" walked her definitively out of the house. A Pair of Patient Lovers
But researchers caution that these studies, which were based on patient responses to questionnaires, are far from definitive.
For months she had wrestled with the idea of coming back, searching for a definitive reason to say yes or no. Times, Sunday Times
This, however, is a mistake; it is not easy to see how the distinction between an exact and definitive versus a reliable but revisable account maps on to the distinction between a literal versus a metaphorical account. Plato's Timaeus
The veracity of these claims is not yet possible to judge definitively. Times, Sunday Times
But he admitted there was'no definitive evidence to prove or disprove the suggested link '. The Sun
As to whether Nancy Cornelius was America's first Native American trained nurse, a definitive answer remains in abeyance.
Asked if the lack of recuperation time between the seasons is a wearing experience, Foster gives a definitive yes.
He is a handsome and brilliant professor who wrote the definitive book on forensic neuropsychiatry. Times, Sunday Times
The definitive differentiation between myofascial pain syndrome and fibromyalgia is made by physical examination.
Continence surgery is indicated when conservative treatment fails or the patient wants definitive treatment.
So for this post, I would like to discuss Fosamax aka alendronate and dentistry, because there is a definitive risk factor involved. Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S.: Do the Osteoporosis Medicine Fosamax and Dental Work Mix?
The ossified Meckel’s cartilage and internal groove in Mesozoic mammaliaforms: implications to origin of the definitive mammalian middle ear. Archive 2006-05-01
The definitive explanation still eludes us. THE EARTH: An Intimate History
Despite its noble remit, and the broad range of material which must have been available, this is not a definitive anthology in terms of calibre.
The victims' families of the murder have appealed to the Supreme Court to have a definitive answer.
Perhaps there is a retired plod with a 50-year-old duty roster that can give us a more definitive idea of how officers then spent their time. Times, Sunday Times
This is a definitive book on the subject, made all the more collectable by its beautiful presentation.
Some have ‘pre-flash’ to try and help stop this, but if you like to shoot portraits and you don't want your subjects showing red-eye, the definitive answer is really an SLR with its own tele lenses.
It may be that this month represents the bottom but there is no economic anchor to allow us to make that call definitively," said Ford economist Emily Kolinksi Morris. Signs of the Times
With our small patient population, it is difficult to reach definitive conclusions regarding patients with sublime tubercle avulsion fractures and functional medial elbow instability.
So science can accurately measure and analyse the nature of the radio waves along which are transmitted jazz or rock, but cannot definitively 'quantify' their qualitative differences. A Materialist Red Herring
Since there is no single, definitive resource regarding SOA, the term SOA has been commandeered to represent the interests and agendas of many; such is the problem of de jure standards.
No one can suggest this is a definitive list. Times, Sunday Times
Mr. Windsor said that the proposal is attracting "quite a degree of concern" among his rural-based constituents, although he has no definitive view on the deal at this stage. Australia Independent Lawmakers Oppose ASX Sale
The definitive account of the evening was written by gonzo journalist Mike Shropshire in the hilarious memoir of his stint covering the Rangers in the mid-Seventies, Seasons in Hell.
Fans of Ray Bradbury and his The Martian Chronicles (1950) will not be disappointed with the publication of The Martian Chronicles: the Definitive Edition (late 2009) by Subterranean Press and PS Publishing, which recently acquired the rights to co-publish this long-delayed book. Archive 2009-02-01
He added: ‘It is far too early to reach any definitive conclusions and, in some areas, we may never reach that goal.’
However, that is just my gut reaction, I have no definitive grounds to rule you grammatically incorrect.
I had the opportunity to ask him a question about the asbestos issue, since he has been dancing around it for weeks: now that the Health Canada report on asbestos is in the public domain, will he and his party take a final, definitive stand on the export of this carcinogen to the Third World? Archive 2009-05-01
In short, no documentary history or historical narrative has provided a thorough, definitive study historicizing basic writing.
Well put, but I can definitively state that I have no mutton chops.
For months she had wrestled with the idea of coming back, searching for a definitive reason to say yes or no. Times, Sunday Times
This is one reason why Wing is supportive of proposed changes in diagnosis, to be implemented in 2013, which will assimilate Asperger's syndrome and several of the confusing autism sub-groups childhood disintegrative disorder, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, for example into one definitive diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder. Autism: a mother's labour of love
Though historically such apoliticism has been definitive of modern Mormons’ worship experience, a departure from this norm occurred during the 2008 election season, when the First Presidency of the Church issued a statement to be read by bishops over the pulpit in California wards. American Grace
The harsh reality is that so many farmers now are living on ‘borrowed time’ and mortgages, and that a good harvest is definitively the only way to survive from one year to the next.
By the close integration of text, commentary, and illustration, he gave the renaissance world a definitive anatomical thesis.
Similar to 8 - OHdG, the predictive value of micronuclei in exfoliated cells for eventual cancer development has yet to be definitively established.
Yet the question is whether the history of its subsequent reinstitution, unfolding under the sign of the forgetting of origins, is itself an integral part of the event, since the process of appropriation is unable definitively to set itself apart from expropriation and desacralization. Enowning
Guided by the synergidae one male-cell passes into the oosphere with which it fuses, the two nuclei uniting, while the other fuses with the definitive nucleus, or, as it is also called, the endosperm nucleus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
There is a need for a definitive course of action in order to abate this spiralling situation.
The shareholder list is not definitive. Times, Sunday Times
Second, it can encyst inside a daughter sporocyst as a metacercariae, be voided with the sporocyst, and then be consumed by the benthic-feeding definitive host, rosyside dace.
The other way of looking at things is to keep everything fluid and unfixed - no definitive versions, but a kitset of parts for endless remixing.
The definitive version of the text is ready to be published.
Those convinced of his knavery, however, are unlikely to accept this judgment as definitive.
When you get studies that are definitive, and that show the harm is unavoidable, and show that the harm is actually caused by gay marriage (as opposed to the prohibition against gay marriage, for example, or by the parents being gay regardless of whether they get married), then we can start talking about whether the problem is serious enough for us to want to rule out gay marriage. Confining Beliefs to Defined Domains
There aren't any definitive figures, but around three out of every four national papers are bought, unordered, from newsagents each morning.
A Canadian university has produced the definitive study of procrastination. Times, Sunday Times
Neither a minimum effort to embrace this “second choice plot” with a clear, social commitment as a real attach to prohibition and its social putrefactive actions or the need to put on top of emergence priorities the drugs law reform and definitively send the DEAs and the Reagans/Dubya philosophy to the horrors cellar…. Nicolas Cage is Werner Herzog’s BAD LIEUTENANT | Obsessed With Film
preclusive," and COMFORCE agreed to make certain disclosures to its stockholders relating to the merger, in addition to the information contained in its definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission the "SEC" on COMFORCE Corporation Reschedules Special Meeting to December 27, 2010; Agrees to Settle Securities Litigation - Yahoo! Finance
In the adult phase, the tapeworm lives in the intestines of the dog who is the so-called ‘definitive’ host.
JRR Tolkien, after all, was a pioneering scholar of Anglo-Saxon poetry and wrote a definitive reinterpretation of the epic poem.
The values given in Table 3 are only indicative of the success of the crosses and should not be considered as definitive, since selfing, and probably also apomixis, took place in some of the cases.
The definitive insolvency of the country now is an imminent threat. Times, Sunday Times
Again, the neurologic malignancy section is definitive and includes meningiomas, metastatic brain tumors and central nervous system lymphomas, subjects that are often difficult to find in textbooks.
If a definitive agreement is signed - one is hoped for by the end of April - Reilly will be named president and CEO of the new company.
I recall well the thrill of finding in a Paris bookshop a definitive biography of the contemporary French king, Louis VII.
This chopsocky comedy is definitive proof that writer/director/actor Stephen Chow is a comic genius in every sense of the word.
Link this just in - a definitive vp announcement straight from the presidential candidate himself at [email protected]! — red nain V.P. Watch: False Alarms - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
Up to now, there has not been definitively qualitative and quantitative theory and formula, because the interaction between solute and solvent is complex.
Il est néanmoins permis de douter que la guerre mondiale de 1939-1945 soit en définitive la guerre qui mettra fin à toutes les guerres, pas plus que la Première Guerre mondiale ne mérita cette appellation. Archive 2010-05-01
We have heard such language as dead-enders, bitter-enders before, without discrete, definitive descriptions of the enemies that are being faced by American troops.
The monarch, flag, maple leaf, and Parliament Building definitives are not included in this study.
He's a highly regarded member of the faculty, fully tenured, the author of a definitive textbook. A RODENT OF DOUBT
Access rights will not take effect until 2005, when definitive maps of the mountains, moorland, heath and common land covered by the legislation will be complete.
We want to leave their consulting room with a definitive answer, a solid diagnosis, not ifs and maybes.
When the stretcher arrived, the four sailors carefully placed the injured sailor on the stretcher and transported him safely to sickbay for definitive medical care aboard ship.
Goodell once again applauded the city and region for its efforts to bring the Saints back, but stopped short of saying anything definitive about the long-term future of the team in the city. USATODAY.com - Football - Philadelphia vs. New Orleans
But somehow the paper of record wrote what was supposed to be a definitive article on how the Obama Administration plans to fix the economy without once mentioning that part of the economy, housing, that has traditionally led recoveries but that, partly because of the obstinance of Obama's economic team, continues to drag down the recovery. New York Times Provides The Ultimate Inside-The-Bubble Guide To Economic Crisis
But only lab tests, he said, will prove a definitive link.
The numbers themselves do not constitute definitive proof.
In addition, ancillary studies, including immunochemistry stains, can be performed on cell blocks and furnish very valuable and critical evidence for a definitive diagnosis.
Definitive music from his golden years and top-class traditional jazz by any standards.
This immense study was published between 1851 and 1854 and immediately became the definitive text on the subject.
There are two types of postage stamps: definitives and commemoratives.
Already, he says, it is worse than the drought of 1956, once considered the definitive Texas dry spell.
The issues are deeply intertwined and hugely complex, and no single set of rulings will be definitive. INSIDE THE TORNADO: MARKETING STRATEGIES FROM SILICON VALLEY'S CUTTING EDGE
But both parties must realise that marriage is a far less definitive, far less protective and far less stable force than we are indoctrinated to believe.
In my judgment, a court which grants provisional measures is not by virtue of that fact alone definitively seised of jurisdiction on the merits of the dispute.
They stand above and beyond any particular attempt, papal or otherwise, definitively to interpret them.
Temporal artery biopsy is considered the definitive test in establishing the diagnosis.
After elaborate preparations which extended over more than two years, at the beginning of which (1616) the term Manchu (etymology unknown) was definitively adopted as a national title, Nurhachu, in 1618, drew up a list of grievances against the Chinese, under which he declared that his people had been and were still suffering, and solemnly committed it to the flames, -- a recognised method of communication with the spirits of heaven and earth. China and the Manchus
However, a definitive answer to this question requires the obtention of a harmonic reference state.
There the coffin will be definitively closed with red bands, sealed with both papal and Vatican seals.
However, this subsequent release is proof positive that Oxide and Neutrino are no one trick pony; in fact, Execute is perhaps the definitive UK garage album so far.
His books may not be the most definitive works on the phenomenon they describe.
Even when it is supposed the text as published is somehow corrupt or miscopied, it is still taken for granted that the definitive version of the text as intended is a meaningful concept.
This two-disc set isn't the definitive Bowie tribute, but it is the nuttiest and most broad-reaching. Catching up on September pop music releases
Venkataraman's work is not meant to be seen here as the definitive example of the orientalization of weavers. Colonial Lists/Indian Power: Identity Politics in Nineteenth Century Telugu-Speaking India
The most radical and definitive solution would be for all Third World debtor countries to collectively renounce their debts.
This study was undertaken to determine if the administration of the HPV vaccine reduced the risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), a precursor of cervical cancer; external anogenital and vaginal lesions (or external genital lesions) of any grade severity; Pap test abnormalities; and procedures such as colposcopy and definitive therapy or excision of lesions. Medindia Health News
But there was little sense of any acts, or group of acts, collectively seizing 2004 by the scruff of its neck - as the brilliant Garry Mulholland points out in this issue in our definitive review of 2004.
The drugs have been previously identified as increasing the risk of heart attacks but experts say this is the biggest and most definitive study of its kind. Times, Sunday Times
the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography
Definitively, a labourist ideology will have its bases in the trade union movement and see conciliation and arbitration as the most beneficial means of industrial relations.
One hopes that this is just the first edition of what will become the definitive textbook in the field.
The point of these devices is not to come up with definitive answers to questions such as'Is this book any good? Times, Sunday Times
But the assertion of the Roman primacy, under Damasus and his successors, runs, as one can say, par-allel to the assertion of the Roman liturgical order, the definitive configuration of which occurred be-tween the fourth and the sixth century, culminating in the creation of the Liber Sacramentorum of Gregory the Great. New Liturgical Movement
The fluidity of the historical traditions makes it impossible to sketch a definitive picture of "folk history."
No single collection has a definitive hoard of them. Times, Sunday Times
This will set out the broad outlines of agreement but will still be far from a definitive text. Times, Sunday Times
This will set out the broad outlines of agreement but will still be far from a definitive text. Times, Sunday Times
The seme of indebtedness attaches itself definitively to Peter in the board meeting where George is obliged to come to his defence.
This book is definitive and covers all aspects of cooking for the season. The Sun
She returned to New Zealand in the fifties and wrote the three definitive books on desmid taxonomy. Yatima » 2010 » March
Instead, we are confronted with definitive declarations, even regarding the most perplexing of texts.
The Conference would not allow the club to groundshare for longer than five seasons without having some definitive end in sight to their nomadic life.
Definitive answers will require at minimum direct sequencing and/or crystallographic data. Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: Arsenic and Odd Lace
The less definitive their track listings, the sketchier the circumstances of their disappearance, the stronger the fascination they hold. Times, Sunday Times
Definitive anti-dumping duty on furfuraldehyde originating in the mainland of China has been imposed since 22 January 1995.
The definitive agreement for the acquisition was announced December 8, 2004.
The Constitution did not definitively rule out divorce.
NOTE: Definitive and often exclusive coverage of the entire ACORN story has been untiringly performed by The Brad Blog, whose dogged persistence can be credited for much of the progress toward justice and exposure found above. Archive 2010-03-01
It has found that numerous and serious deficiencies in the paper did not allow it to reach the same definitive conclusions reached by the authors.
A luxurious "primitivism" of a safari camp, when you sleep on huge beds equipped with space-age technology matresses but in apparently primitive tents, when hordes of servants cater to your whim, but you never even glimpse their stoves, refrigerators, satelite communication devices etc, so that you can enjoy your "primitivism", while great fun, is definitively not the answer. Page 2
If a disarmament and the group's dissolution were fully implemented, ETA's move—which it referred to as a "definitive" halt to armed activity, rather than a cease-fire—would represent a milestone in Spanish history. Basque Separatists Vow Again to End Violence
It is not definitively conclusive that the prevalence of skin test positivity has increased in the US population.
Mr. Ragusa acknowledged that little data existed that definitively ties lab coats and other accoutrements to the infections that kill nearly 100,000 hospital patients in the United States annually.
Now, after remixing and remastering the album, they are set to release the definitive version of their debut, Conquest.
Desert varnish thickens at an extremely slow pace, on the order of between 1 and 40 micrometers or 0.000003937 to 0.00015748 inches per every thousand years, so it has been impossible to experiment definitively with it in the lab. First Contact
This work was in many ways definitive, albeit that her subject was presented first and foremost as a creature of politics rather than the flesh. Times, Sunday Times
According to the blurb, the Iris 50 Compass is the ‘definitive night navigator.’
This is the definitive guide to growing bulbs as cut flowers or flowering potted plants.
These findings were taken as a definitive confirmation of the accepted concept of the virus as a strictly neurotropic agent, i.e. capable of multiplying in nerve cells exclusively. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1954 - Presentation Speech
No one can suggest this is a definitive list. Times, Sunday Times
Christmas is, definitively, the season of family theatregoing. Times, Sunday Times
a definitive verdict
Her warm bass trumpet solo adds to a very memorable performance that will remain a definitive rendition of the great song.
This is anything but a definitive list, but you get the idea. Times, Sunday Times
Hysterectomy is the only way to diagnose adenomyosis definitively, and may be recommended to treat symptoms. Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause
By virtue of the concept of parliamentary sovereignty, the act would be definitive.
He's a highly regarded member of the faculty, fully tenured, the author of a definitive textbook. A RODENT OF DOUBT
Even if the process of restoration did not definitively prove that this figure was part of the final design, the comparison with the drawing leaves no doubt on this point.
Since there always exists the possibility of gallbladder rupture with subsequent peritonitis, the definitive treatment of acute cholecystitis involves surgical intervention by open cholecystectomy.
Brendan's steak and kidney pudding is definitive.
His logic was sound: with foam regularly falling off of the tank for reasons no one definitively understood, all thicker foam covering structures that protrude into the slipstream should be re-engineered.
If you're looking for the definitive how-to book, complete with formulas to guide your daily managerial behavior, this isn't it.

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