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The phrase "a definitive total of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when specifying a precise or conclusive amount or figure in a context such as reporting statistics or summarizing data.
Example: "The report concluded with a definitive total of 1,500 participants in the study."
Alternatives: "an exact total of" or "a conclusive total of".
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No Nato government has sought to produce a definitive total of murdered ethnic Albanian civilians since the Serb offensives began in March 1998, a year before the bombing.
The report does not provide a definitive total of potential savings, but indicates what a change in culture - where doctors resolve to eradicate waste - could potentially deliver.
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Given the difficulty of observing documentation procedures in the rush to dispose of the dead, it was considered unlikely that a definitive total would ever be established.
Similarly, this information will be critical for the study of perinatal development and organogenesis by providing a more definitive total GL.
A definitive trial of this intervention is warranted.
CONCLUSIONS: Together with the Bethesda cytologic criteria, preoperative MT allows for an increased rate of initial definitive total thyroidectomy and eliminates the need for routine intraoperative pathologic examination during diagnostic lobectomy.
A definitive cessation of total lateral pressure and negative hydraulic pressures are then observed.
The survey did not stipulate a definitive definition of SDM.
Randomized studies of the survival of acute renal failure patients in intensive care according to the type of membrane used [60 75] do not yield a definitive conclusion because of the small total number of patients studied (under 650).
Randomized studies of the survival of acute renal failure patients in intensive care according to the type of membrane used [ 60– 75] do not yield a definitive conclusion because of the small total number of patients studied (under 650).
The definitive analysis includes a total of 3,054 out of 3,212 available cases, indicating a dropout rate of 5%.
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