as in lucid
easy to see or understand
a well-defined boundary well-defined policies
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Recent Examples of well-defined
The precedents and courses of action were well-defined, and the rule of law on his side in ensuring the terms of the deal were kept.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
Partly that's because any such black hole should lie at the center of the Large Magellanic Cloud, but its center is not well-defined.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 6 Mar. 2025
Icons and text look sharp and well-defined on the screen.
—Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 3 Mar. 2025
Kidman wore her voluminous blonde hair parted in the middle with subtle but well-defined waves.
—Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2025
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
Partly that's because any such black hole should lie at the center of the Large Magellanic Cloud, but its center is not well-defined.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 6 Mar. 2025
Icons and text look sharp and well-defined on the screen.
—Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 3 Mar. 2025
Kidman wore her voluminous blonde hair parted in the middle with subtle but well-defined waves.
—Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-defined
Adjective
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His answer was lucid as a fog bank and inspiring as a stalk of celery.—
Mark Barabak,
Mercury News,
21 May 2025
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Electrophysiological correlates of lucid dreaming: sensor and source level signatures Taylor & Francis.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Its impact on the modern environment is made plain when the geologist protagonist must flee terrible wildfires there.—
Diana Arterian
June 5,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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My mom rocked her plain white canvas sneakers through her four years at Michigan State University (that's her in the picture on the day the Olympic torch was run through the MSU campus in 1984).—
Chaunie Brusie,
Parents,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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The three big ones: Use concise language, add schema markup, and break information into digestible pieces.—
Nick Brown,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Trust that what’s meant for you won’t require you to shrink yourself down to a digestible size.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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White is easy, simple, and many times, the best choice for a clean slate.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
5 June 2025
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Ahead of the most important game of the year, Luke Esquivel said the key to a strong performance will be simple.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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As with early shōnen-ai, tales that explored explicit physical attraction between girls tended to end in tragedy.—
Vrai Kaiser,
Them.,
30 May 2025
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What To Know The tech mogul entered politics last year with the explicit purpose of getting Trump elected for a second term as president, spending more than $75 million in the process.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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The alliance contends that the city already is failing to meet the milestones of the agreement and has no clear path to that goal.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
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Then three, and still there was no clear timeline for Zimmer’s departure.—
Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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While the front lines have largely frozen since late last year, the latest wave of Ukrainian attacks—and Russia’s vow to retaliate—have renewed fears of a broader escalation.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
4 June 2025
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Perkins argued that these broad non-disparagement clauses can have the same effect as an NDA.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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There is a distinct difference between the two eras.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Within such simulations, there will be three distinct participant groups: 1.—
Ivan Shvaichenko,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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“Well-defined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-defined. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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