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The phrase "a definitive source of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a reliable and authoritative origin of information or knowledge on a particular subject.
Example: "The encyclopedia is considered a definitive source of information for students conducting research."
Alternatives: "an authoritative source of" or "a reliable source of".
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We aim to be recognized as a definitive source of information on milk quality and food safety.
But U.S. News wants to take on a new role, as a definitive source of information and ratings on a range of expensive consumer products.
It could easily become a definitive source of information about people.
Fifteen patients with third-trimester bleeding, in whom transabdominal ultrasound had failed to identify a definitive source of bleeding, underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
MAMA says it aims to become a "definitive source of information and a hub for the latest thinking and knowledge in the industry with the goal to establish itself as a reliable, thought provoking, responsible body capable of making quick decisions and lobbying for blockchain-based asset management".
This is not a definitive source of Reid's own views, but given pedagogical conventions of the time, and cross-references of materials in the Natural Theology with materials elsewhere in Reid's corpus, we can draw reliable inferences about Reid's philosophy of religion from them.
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This Encyclopedia offers a definitive source on issues pertaining to the full range of topics in the important new area of food and agricultural ethics.
been a definitive source for modern and contemporary art since 1992.
I read criticisms of the amount of time it took to identify the outbreak, the premature announcement that cucumbers were the source, the lack of a definitive source, and so on.
This investigation identified potential sources of infection but did not identify a definitive source.
It would be wholly out-of-character, if not in breach of policy for the Times to run this without a definitive source – and there are only two.
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