define

Example Sentences

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Few companies have managed to define how people use technology in their everyday lives as resoundingly as Apple.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

AI is supposed to define everybody’s future, but some people think that Apple has fallen behind in the AI race.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“The first lease is not just a milestone, it will define the benchmark for every agreement that follows, and we intend to get it right,” Neugebauer wrote.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Originally used in 16th-century England to describe a new idea in philosophy or religion, the term can be used to define almost anything, from a new sunscreen lotion to an mRNA vaccine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

I want to define my place in their worlds and not try to understand the definitions the senator spews forth about his own.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson