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= Solution

A real symmetric matrix is <positive-definite> when $x^TAx>0$ for every nonzero real vector $x$. The preceding <matrix 2-norm> bound gives
$$
x^TAx=\|x\|_2^2+x^TTx\geq\|x\|_2^2-\|x\|_2\|Tx\|_2
\geq\boxed{\frac13\|x\|_2^2>0}.
$$
Thus $A$ is a <symmetric positive-definite matrix>, independently of the detailed positions of the nonzero entries of $t$.

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