define
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Brine is one of those flavors that’s easier to recognize than define.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
Earlier this year, he called “all men are created equal,” that famous coinage of the Declaration, the words that “came to define America’s culture.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
The team's most important advance was finding a way to define the neutral axis using only the geometry of the color metric.
From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026
A new term has been coined by dermatologists and academics: cosmeticorexia, which they define as having an unhealthy obsession with achieving "flawless" skin from a young age, leading to an obsessive use of cosmetic products.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
The Adams presidency, in fact, might be the classic example of the historical truism that inherited circumstances define the parameters within which presidential leadership takes shape, that history shapes presidents, rather than vice versa.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing define
The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The ACT: The Language of the Test, List 1
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