define
Example Sentences
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It’s also a story about time, about seizing the moment: the great days that will define one’s life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
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
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
He said Goldenvoice searches for iconic works that will define the year, working with artists “ready to do something they’ve never done before” in “new mediums, new techniques and new ways of thinking.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
He was saying it for Mother, to define the moment: I was a misbehaving child; he was setting the child right.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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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