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Each installment on the pitch has come to define an entire era of the rivalry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Most studies simply get three or four researchers together to discuss how they should define UPFs in that piece of research.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
Remember, employers don’t always define work experience literally.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
As part of the agreement Iran and Oman, which both border Hormuz, must hold talks "to define the future administration and maritime services" in the waterway with other Gulf states.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
One of my biggest challenges has always been to see past other people’s doubt and negativity so I could define my own path.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
The concept is illustrated by the Carnot cycle, an idealized model that defines the maximum theoretical efficiency of a heat engine by carefully regulating the movement of heat between hot and cold regions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
That lyric defines the album’s back half — and really, Madonna’s entire career.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
The US Climate Prediction Center defines a strong El Niño as sea surface temperatures in the central tropical Pacific +1.5C above the long term average.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Siavoshi defines a microdose as “the lowest dose of a GLP-1 that lowers food noise without causing any significant weight loss.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
The United Nations now defines genocide as an act, or acts, “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.”
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Early adulthood has been defined by failed relationships and uninspiring work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
This was a leader who had decided to stop being defined by what he had not won.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
DALLAS—This has been a World Cup defined by superstars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
“It might be setting aside a defined percentage of the portfolio, typically 5% to 10%, for individual stock picks that clients can self-manage,” said Peter Hughes, a New York City-based chartered financial analyst.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Dicey had never before defined so exactly just what Maybeth could and could not do.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
The index’s price/earnings, or P/E, ratio depends on who is defining the “E.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Now it doesn’t really have any exclusive or defining titles, yet Microsoft spent billions scooping up IPs with nothing to show for it.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
He has said he "intends to win" the election, setting the stage for what could be the defining contest of his political life.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Their measurements revealed pairs of conducting edge states, a defining feature of topological crystalline insulators.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
I just need to figure out who I am without school, or family, or anything else defining me.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
Vocabulary lists containing define
The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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The ACT: The Language of the Test, List 1
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