clear-cut answer
collocation in Englishmeanings of clear-cut and answer
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clear-cut
adjective
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/ˌklɪəˈkʌt/us
/ˌklɪrˈkʌt/
clear or obvious without needing ...
(Definition of clear-cut and answer from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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Although a clear-cut answer is impossible, a hypothesis can be advanced.
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It may well be logically untidy, but there can be no clear-cut answer; there is no nostrum for our economic ills.
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I am still waiting for a clear-cut answer to that.
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In the event there would be a great deal of argument about medical questions on which often no clear-cut answer could be given.
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There is no easy, clear-cut answer or solution.
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That may be, but it does not give a clear-cut answer.
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There was therefore, a clear-cut question in 1975 and it may be said that it received a clear-cut answer.
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To me it remains a puzzle why we have not had a straightforward, clear-cut answer on this matter.
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I think he should have been able to give a clear-cut answer about who is responsible for repelling boarders.
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We have not had a clear-cut answer to this question.
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This is a matter for a clear-cut answer.
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I shall be surprised if he can give a clear-cut answer to these questions.
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It is difficult to give a clear-cut answer.
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There can be no clear-cut answer to the numbers, or the effectiveness, of such shelters.
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If no clear-cut answer to that question immediately emerges, then, and only then, should we move on to other subsidiary considerations.
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If more people have written with a clear-cut answer, it will be easier to analyse the responses.
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One cannot ever give a clear-cut answer because we are dealing with individual people and individual claims.
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It is therefore hard to give a completely clear-cut answer.
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I do not believe that it provides a very clear-cut answer to the problems that arise.
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