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conclusive

Adjective

Meaning

Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision.

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Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. Ann Landers

I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can be adduced that some vast intellect animates Infinity. Percy Bysshe Shelley

The verdict of the world is conclusive. Augustine of Hippo

Precedents deliberately established by wise men are entitled to great weight. They are evidence of truth, but only evidence...But a solitary precedent...which has never been reexamined, cannot be conclusive. Henry Clay

There is no conclusive evidence of life after death. But there is no evidence of any sort against it. Soon enough you will know. Robert A. Heinlein

I am not an irretrievable skeptic. I am not hopelessly prejudiced. I am perfectly willing to believe, and my mind is wide open; but I have, as yet, to be convinced. I am perfectly willing, but the evidence must be sane and conclusive. Harry Houdini

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