How to Use well-defined in a Sentence

well-defined

adjective
  • According to the parks service, the Bright Angel trail is well-defined and steep.
    Christopher Brito, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The performance metrics the Ford-class carrier program must meet are clear and well-defined.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Policies that are well-defined, transparent, and have the support of the workforce lead to improved retention rates.
    Gleb Tsipursky, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023
  • While coyote packs do maintain some version of an alpha, their hierarchy is not as well-defined as the alpha in wolf packs.
    Hampton Bourne, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Certain of these historical claims are well-defined and easy to certify.
    Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The experimental nature Millepied is going for here is well-defined by Cooper’s work.
    Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • When your goals are well-defined, team members will understand the expectations and priorities without the need for frequent check-ins.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The combination of losing weight fast and malnutrition may lead to poor skin elasticity in areas that are usually well-defined on the body.
    Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 3 June 2023
  • The field begins with a focus on a basic and well-defined underlying mechanism—the activity of a single neuron.
    Dan Rockmore, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Wolves are complex animals, with complex societies, but a recent finding shows how one factor is eerily simple, or at least well-defined—and affects humans, too.
    Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Athletic Shape: Athletic bodies have a straighter silhouette and well-defined muscles.
    Maya Polton Updated, Parents, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Altman’s case exemplifies this at the highest level of the corporate structure and also speaks to the need for success metrics that are well-defined before performance evaluations.
    Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2023

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