Sentence examples for definitive foothold from inspiring English sources

Fortunately, none of the recent viral threats from the animal reservoir (avian influenza, SARS) has succeeded in getting a definitive foothold in the human population.

Not definitive, just definite.

But the need for the deal had been so urgent that Nokia and Microsoft, grasping for a foothold in a mobile computing industry that was quickly slipping away from them, had gone public without a definitive legal agreement, just a handshake and a promise to work together, somehow.

"We had a foothold there.

Islamic State (IS) will cement its foothold.

There is no foothold.

Are plug-in cars establishing a foothold?

No one's established a firm foothold.

But it had a foothold.

Dubrule was definitive.

No explanation is definitive.