dispositive
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of dispositive
Example Sentences
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These claims deserve attention, though dispositive they are not.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
When judicial outcomes turn on theories that corporate decision makers couldn’t reasonably anticipate would be dispositive, such as after-the-fact judgments about incentive necessity, governance risk becomes harder to assess in advance.
From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026
In one especially Kafkaesque incident, I was even shut out of a hearing on dispositive motions for my client, Daniel Hale, even though there was no classified information at issue.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2024
The fact that they do not edit in the same manner as newspapers, which among other things have only so many columns to fill, should not be considered dispositive.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2023
One was a dispositive cause; this was on the part of man, and in three ways.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Aquinas Thomas
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