as in lucid
easy to see or understand
a well-defined boundary well-defined policies
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Recent Examples of well-defined
But the rules are murky and 'published' is a term of art in copyright law that was not well-defined.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Jan. 2025
The fruit fly was chosen because its microbiome is much smaller than that of humans and is well-defined.
—New Atlas, 18 Dec. 2024
Ensuring your brand is well-defined and consistent helps distinguish your business from competitors and can make the difference between commodity and premium pricing for your products or services.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Instead, take the time to document, streamline and standardize at least 80% of a process, ensuring that each step is well-defined and easy to follow.
—Shaleen Devgun, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for well-defined 
Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Jan. 2025
The fruit fly was chosen because its microbiome is much smaller than that of humans and is well-defined.
—New Atlas, 18 Dec. 2024
Ensuring your brand is well-defined and consistent helps distinguish your business from competitors and can make the difference between commodity and premium pricing for your products or services.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Instead, take the time to document, streamline and standardize at least 80% of a process, ensuring that each step is well-defined and easy to follow.
—Shaleen Devgun, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for well-defined
Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-defined
Adjective
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Over the past nine years, he had been evaluated at least nine times — only twice, court records show, was he judged at least temporarily lucid enough to stand trial.—
Kallie Cox,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Jan. 2025
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Penned in lucid moments, before morphine and hospice care silenced his thoughts to all but himself—the Last List takes one, hand in hand, on a last stroll back to the bygone days of an ingenious Catholic boy, a mill worker's striving son, for a final visit to beloved Lowell.—
Stephan Pechdimaldji,
Newsweek,
13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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While most warming devices come only in plain blacks and grays, these go out of their way to look pleasant in four colorful designs.—
Clint Davis,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Jan. 2025
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The fabrics feature traditional patterns and plain colors, some even have monkey designs.—
Terry Elward,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Everything about Alexander-Arnold can be broken down into bitesize, quickfire, easily digestible chunks.—
Rory Smith,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Cooking foods in digestible forms to maximize nutrient absorption.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But despite the promise of seaweed farming, scaling up isn't simple.—
Heide Brandes,
thehustle.co,
24 Jan. 2025
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As long as a biopsy is done and it’s recognized early, there’s a very high chance of cure with very simple and minimally invasive procedures.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Folks responding on Reddit overwhelmingly sided with the spouse who shared the story and many had explicit words for the OP's significant other.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Teaming must become more deliberate, more explicit, more clearly scaffolded and more deeply ingrained in the culture of the group.—
Jeffrey R. Wilson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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What the possibly dirty text messages involving Hutchinson might say or who sent them isn’t clear.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Trump also makes clear his intent to apply painful public and government pressure on private-sector DEI practices as well, and does not cloak his reasons.—
The Editors,
National Review,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Then, there’s the fact that resistance band exercises can be used in a broad number of settings, Dr. Reiner adds.—
Jenny McCoy, C.P.T.,
SELF,
23 Jan. 2025
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Under the program, Miami Gardens police are given broad powers to stop and arrest people who appear to be loitering or trespassing at the participating business.—
JULIE K. BROWN,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The relationship between hardware and software is equally similar and distinct—both serve the disabled community, but both serve in different ways, with some individuals requiring one over the other.—
Grant Stoner,
WIRED,
30 Jan. 2025
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The film stars Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall as Hujar and Rosenkrantz, two Brits each playing ’70s New Yorkers with distinct accents.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Well-defined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-defined. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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