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This definition comes from “Doll Dressing,” an exhibition at the Museum at FIT, organized by its senior curator of costume, Colleen Hill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
This is the essential definition of nobility, expanded upon over 178 episodes of “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Bribery,” a specific form of corruption requiring a quid pro quo exchange of favors for something of value, is part of the final constitutional definition of impeachable conduct.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
The prices of most major cryptocurrencies fell on the news, except for the stablecoins, which by definition can only fluctuate within tight margins.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
This is now true by definition as, since 1983, the length of a meter has been set in relation to the speed of light rather than vice versa.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Among the definitions of impeachable conduct provisionally approved early in the Constitutional Convention were “treason, bribery, or corruption” and then “treason or bribery.”
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
But critics say its broad definitions, severe penalties and scrutiny of even voluntary conversions risk drawing the state and the police into one of the most private decisions a person can make.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
That meant LGBTQ+ and single people who historically had been shut out by definitions of infertility as a failure to conceive after six to 12 months of unprotected heterosexual intercourse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The lack of shared definitions across a fast-moving industry is also stalling AI safety efforts.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
Some words take on new, unexpected definitions that you can’t find in the dictionary.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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