definitive source

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definitive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈfɪn.ɪ.tɪv/us
/dɪˈfɪn.ə.t̬ɪv/
not able to be changed ...
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source
noun[C]
uk
/sɔːs/us
/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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(Definition ofdefinitiveandsourcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It has not been possible to confirm either adefinitivesourcefor the infection or how the virus had spread between premises.
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Up to now, the lack ofdefinitivesourcematerial has prevented a resolution of this question.
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Are we sure it is a rise in the status of specialized knowledge that is thedefinitivesourceof the new counterauthority?
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This body of policy analysis and reviewed research will stand as thedefinitivesourcematerial for all those concerned with the subject of long-term care for many years.
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It has not been possible to confirm either adefinitivesourcefor the infection or how the virus had spread between premises.
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I suspect that we cannot regard him as an absolute,definitivesourcein his recollection of what he did in his youth.
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Many of the articles have since become accepted as thedefinitivesourceof production information regarding these and other genre titles.
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It has since been updated and reprinted in 2001 and is thedefinitivesourceof historical information about the village.
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A mostdefinitivesourceof these dates are the annual reports, as they contain station/siding listings.
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It also aims to be thedefinitivesourcefor the registration of new tartans.
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He published the first catalogue that would remain thedefinitivesourceconcerning these coins for almost 100 years.
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Logasa wrote a number of indices that became known as definitive sources.
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He has since gone on to publish many other works, a large number of which are recognised by the authorities as definitive sources in their field.
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