well-defined
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His skills as a dealmaker and stock picker weren’t as well-defined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Humpback whales in the Southern Hemisphere live in well-defined pods and usually follow the same migratory routes every year, travelling between feeding areas in cold water and breeding grounds in the tropics.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
"We obtained light that not only rotates but also behaves like laser light: it is coherent and has a well-defined energy and emission direction," says Dr. Marcin Muszyński.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026
Bringing digital-asset activity into a well-defined regulatory perimeter would strengthen oversight, improve compliance with anti-money-laundering standards and reduce user incentives to rely on opaque—and often vulnerable—offshore markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
However, this can be misleading, because quantum mechanics tells us that the particles do not have any well-defined axis.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
