by definition
Example Sentences
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One slight limitation is that the spinning array cannot, by definition, see in all directions at once.
From BBC
By definition, the Academy Award for adapted screenplay will go to work previously created in another form.
From Los Angeles Times
But by definition, it is not attainable.
From Slate
Having declined to take seriously their obligation to investigate reports of his unfitness, Republicans on the committee are now refusing to credit named witnesses who are offering them credible information by taking the position that everything negative disclosed about their man is by definition a lie.
From Slate
By definition, official acceptance of extralegal paramilitary violence is the antithesis of the rule of law.
From Slate
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