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[dih-fahyn] / dɪˈfaɪn /




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The analysts define their price as a multiple of marginal cost — the cost of the least efficient miner — of the last two cycles, from 2016 to 2019 and 2020 to 2023.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

No single study can fully define the rate of CTE among NFL players, but "Daneshvar and colleagues provide one of the most informative estimates to date," they said.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

But a game that could define their season follows next week when they host Hull City - who came up through the play-offs - at the Coventry Building Society Arena.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Their battles had come to define entire eras.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Bobby explained that the reason he hadn’t competed in almost twenty years was that he was still waiting for the right offer, though he didn’t define what “right” meant.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

“If the agreement defines a direct competitor as any other company under the sun, that could be considered unreasonable and then that agreement could not be enforceable,” he says.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

The UK government defines a child as anyone under 18.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

In Seoul's affluent district of Gangnam, a severe heatwave has changed the currency of cool: access to air conditioning now defines the line between the haves and the have-nots.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

Its predicament speaks to the intense competition that defines the race for AI supremacy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

His preferred term is the post-classical word ostensio, a display or showing, which he defines as ‘a manifest demonstration by means of a body’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

His 2014 earworm ‘Too Many Cooks’ defined a trajectory that’s become fashionable.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Ryonex is not exactly a hot search item, and I’ve come across plenty of other sloppypastas with similarly inscrutable figures, like a “techno” producer named Orivex whose “growing visibility” is defined by an A.I.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

Alexander, who works as a philanthropy coordinator, feels success isn’t defined by homeownership status.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

Notifications would be silenced during school hours, defined as 8:00 am to 3:00 pm on weekdays between August 15 and June 15.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

The combination of regulatory sequences and the protein-encoding sequence defined a gene.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

In his 28 years at Apple — 15 of those as CEO — Cook has outlasted the tenure of Jobs, the company’s defining co-founder.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

That is why the manner in which Everton handle Forest's approach for Armstrong, who has already excelled this season, may be a defining moment for TFG and Moyes.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

The defining problem of modern food vigilance is not necessarily that we know too little.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

See 13 of her defining looks from over the years.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

All were composed of large, healthy, and highly competitive young men, each of whom was about to face a defining moment in his life.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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