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Economists in a Wall Street Journal survey economists increasingly believe that higher U.S. interest rates will define the rest of the decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

When we catch ourselves in these negative thought patterns, it’s important to remember that our socioeconomic status doesn’t define us.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Scientists have spent decades developing methods to define and locate Earth's center of mass using observations from space.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

It shows to me how this generational change thing, you can’t define it by data points so well.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

We knew the media didn't define our culture.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Known as the Lawson criterion, this equation defines the conditions required for ignition.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

A relatively small group of venture funds manage megafunds, which PitchBook defines as funds exceeding $500 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Along with being an origin story and an alien hunt unfurling in a 2016-set timeline, “Lanterns” grounds itself in a murder mystery that defines its 2026 plot running in parallel.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

There are different ways academic research defines AI “exposure.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Then the effort to make good on that vow is what defines us as human beings.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

September was 1.63C hotter than the pre-industrial average, a period defined as 1850-1900.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Take Pitt’s “F1: The Movie” and this year’s “Heart of the Beast,” where Pitt plays hypermasculine characters whose lives, actions and goals are defined by a relentless desire to come out on top.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

Under normal circumstances, unaccompanied minors are defined as children who arrive at a U.S. border alone, with no parent or guardian.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

A market correction is generally defined as a decline of at least 10% from a recent peak — meaning the Russell 2000 would need to end at 2,761.58 or lower to officially enter one.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Her hands expertly work through my hair, creating finely defined twists that put the rest of my head to shame.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 222,000 copies in its first week, and produced three of the band’s defining songs: “Aerials,” “Toxicity,” and “Chop Suey!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

With both Manchester City and rivals Manchester United having huge international draw, football is one of the city's defining assets, said Subrahmaniam Krishnan-Harihara, head of research at the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Oratomic CEO and co-founder, Dolev Bluvstein says the company’s approach to error correction is a defining and differentiating factor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The researchers confirmed that extreme debris disks have three defining characteristics.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

And in defining, in giving organization to the fury, it seemed to spin me around, and in my mind I was looking backward over the days since Clifton's death .

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison