well-defined

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Recent Examples of well-defined Variables needed to be well-defined and accounted for, even in their unpredictability. — Literary Hub, 5 May 2026 From a risk/reward standpoint, the trade is well-defined. — Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026 Her layered drum programming is intricate and well-defined, never overloading or crowding out any particular sound. — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 24 Feb. 2026 The characters around him are less well-defined at this point, though the likability of the actors goes a long way. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 2 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for well-defined
Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-defined
Adjective
  • But his memory, of a long career as a reporter around the globe, with turns as an essayist, a historian, a novelist, and a political activist, remains almost eerily lucid.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
  • These 16 slaps are lucid and adventurous, featuring random Jay Electronica warblings, DJ Quik rhythms, and a couple of surprisingly appropriate Westside Gunn vignettes.
    — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The mat is a plastic sheet that is rather discreet and easily blends in with plain white floors.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The elegiac poems in The Man with Night Sweats are sharper, plainer, starker than Gunn’s early formal poems.
    — Colm Tóibín, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Within this awkward relic of several other ages, New York’s past gets fetishized, chopped up, and whirled together into digestible entertainment.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Via Pignasecca 17 Pioneering, award-winning pizzaiolo Ciro Salvo is known for his particularly digestible dough, which is lighter and crispier than the norm, thanks to the higher percentage of water to flour.
    — Nicky Swallow, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • That single choice unleashes a harrowing chain of strange and terrifying events in the dead of night, turning a simple gesture of kindness into a real-life nightmare.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Waffles and pimento Another enduring element of Chick-fil-A is its famously simple menu.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • But a separate document — a transcript of a November 2024 interview with campus police, according to WCBS — shows Doe made a more explicit accusation.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The first episode’s opening sequence seems designed to make this feature formally explicit.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Russian media highlighted an even broader collection of technologies, including mass drone deployments, counter-drone systems, electronic warfare, precision weapons and mobile assault units.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Individually, the songs on Beat were largely recognizable in the broader indie rock world—post-rock and shoegaze live alongside torchy trip-hop and pure ambient.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • But even with 22 tracks to work with, the sound too often defaults to a similar muted backdrop, which blurs some of the less distinct songs together.
    — Molly Mary O’Brien, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The rooms are designed for gathering, whether that's at the music venue, on the rooftop bar, or in one of the other distinct dining experiences.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Asif described the Houthis as aggressors and said Pakistan's commitment to Saudi Arabia was unambiguous.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Einbinder and Sarandon were both detained during the protest, and in the hours after her release, the Hacks star re-upped her unambiguous condemnation of Netanyahu’s New York visit.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Well-defined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-defined. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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