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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Based on valid reasoning; sound or convincing.
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Examples
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Bloom's point is well-taken and is brilliantly and entertainingly argued.
Susan Braudy: Lisa Bloom's Think Susan Braudy 2011
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Bloom's point is well-taken and is brilliantly and entertainingly argued.
Susan Braudy: Lisa Bloom's Think Susan Braudy 2011
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was a hit at Under-18 level and he continued to impress with a well-taken hat-trick against Iceland Under-21s in Reykjavik.
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Bloom's point is well-taken and is brilliantly and entertainingly argued.
Susan Braudy: Lisa Bloom's Think Susan Braudy 2011
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With his side 24-3 down after 48 minutes, courtesy of well-taken tries by Tommy Bowe and O'Driscoll, Tom Wood's bravery in a forlorn cause was nowhere near enough.
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Chris Smalling was denied a very well-taken goal by an offside flag but was exposed by Nyarko at the other end and Baggio Husidic wasted a glorious chance to score by tapping wide of an open goal at the far post.
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A well-taken goal illustrated his merits but a lack of opportunities is leading Zenden to ponder his future.
Boudewijn Zenden shows his staying power to give Sunderland hope 2011
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With about 20 minutes left, Luke Guttridge scored the first of a brace of well-taken goals – firing home from just inside the area after being set up by Damian Spencer.
Aldershot knock plunging Lincoln City into a Blue Square hat 2011
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But your point about their relatively low profile and prices in the market in comparison to better-known Barolo and Barbaresco producers is very well-taken, and I think the answer to this question lies on several levels.
Natural wines, premox, chenin blanc, 07 Port and Rhone – John Gilman | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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The report was especially well-taken a day after a regional manufacturing survey of Chicago-area purchasing managers for June that also handily beat economists' expectations.
DJIA's Fireworks: Best Week in Two Years Steven Russolillo 2011
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