define
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In earlier work published in 2019, Xiao and his team suggested that the first sponges may not have produced the hard, needle-like structures called spicules that define modern sponges.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
I do so not because I accept the narrative that has been constructed around this episode, but because I refuse to lend it further oxygen or to let it define me or my career.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Beta simply grants Coltrane the autonomy to define her own experience, which shouldn’t be radical, and yet it is.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
The party's manifesto outlines what it says are the "the immediate key priorities that will define a Plaid Cymru government".
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Write and define adjectives denoting relating to, like, or being, from the following nouns:—
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
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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