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Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Perhaps by definition those who have turned up are still up for the scrap ahead.

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I think being an adult by definition means at the end of the day you need something to just transition so that you can fall asleep.

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Which by definition would mean fewer highlights.

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“Affirmative action by definition will elevate race-based type acceptance or hiring quotas above excellence-based,” Kirk said to a crowd of hundreds at USC, according to a report in Annenberg Media.

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These kinds of arrests disproportionately target people experiencing homelessness because, by definition, the offense must take place in public, which is where people experiencing homelessness spend more of their time.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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