How to Use conclusive in a Sentence

conclusive

adjective
Definition of conclusivenext
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  • Meanwhile, scientists have not yet found conclusive treatments for smell loss.
    — Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 12 Aug. 2021
  • One source heard that the left side of Brito’s body was numb, though nothing conclusive about his condition was announced.
    — Alyssa Hertel, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2021
  • While there’s no conclusive Pew Research report on high school proms, some schools have indeed stopped crowning prom royalty.
    — Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Data on homicide suspects are less complete — and therefore less conclusive — than victim data because many killings go unsolved.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2021
  • And while some evidence suggests that removing the polyps might help the person get pregnant, the Mayo Clinic notes that the research is not conclusive.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Though many critics have asserted that trans women and girls have an innate athletic advantage over cisgender women, there is no conclusive evidence for that notion.
    — James Factora, Them, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Antibody tests to check their vaccination status are not diagnostically conclusive after such a long period of time.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The evidence is pretty conclusive -- and none of it points to good news for Democrats in 2022.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Most researchers think the science isn't yet conclusive, but Ness doesn't want to wait.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The app, and the studies of it, are simply too young for researchers to draw conclusive answers.
    — Christian Paz, Vox, 5 June 2024
  • Don’t expect anything conclusive by the end of eight hours.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 July 2022
  • Even with thousands of voids, the study’s error bars are still too large to say anything conclusive.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 25 July 2023
  • State testing of well water more than a quarter mile from the two Gore sites was less conclusive.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The sample is far too small to be conclusive, but the early results are promising.
    — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 2 July 2024
  • Peskov dismissed the phone call as not being conclusive.
    — Greg Norman, Fox News, 9 Feb. 2023
  • In the decades since, there have been rumors and ghost stories but no conclusive evidence about their fate.
    — Longreads, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The ending of the comics was pretty conclusive (spoilers follow).
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 31 July 2022
  • In a news briefing on Friday, WHO experts said that the data is not conclusive.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Initial Valley fever tests weren't conclusive for Julius Holt, the Marana youth football coach.
    — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2022
  • To what extent these attacks may prove conclusive remains to be seen.
    — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • And there is a lack of conclusive evidence on whether the courts help participants long-term.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Still, their feat isn’t conclusive evidence that the ivory was solely used for rope-making, the team concedes.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • There were challenges: No new evidence had emerged over the decades and there were no conclusive DNA matches.
    — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2024
  • It was cut from the Viking payload in 1971, deemed too heavy and unlikely to offer conclusive results.
    — Marissa Grunes, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Paul uses a bunch of tools to determine if Jo is still breathing, but none are conclusive.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
  • My findings weren’t conclusive, as the ATS percentage didn’t even reach 52%.
    — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022
  • But the army has yet to provide conclusive proof of a subterranean military base.
    — Karen Zraick, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The study never claimed to be conclusive, but is a great catalyst for our discussion.
    — The Enquirer, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Each gets a specific shout-out in our state laws, and neither mention is conclusive.
    — Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Australians have used ultrasonic frequencies and bright red lights to deter the kangaroos, but there’s no conclusive evidence that kangaroos interpret these as threats to avoid.
    — Sophie Hartley, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024

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