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Wells dismissed those fears on Thursday and said a previous clause in the draft legislation that would have granted ministerial powers to define harmful content had been removed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The allegations against her are false, she said, and she won’t allow them to define her “decades of public service” and intends to “vigorously defend my name, my reputation, and my integrity.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Explaining his experiences of learning to stand up to bullies while growing up, he added: "It shouldn't define you. I just happen to have CP."

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Economists in a Wall Street Journal survey economists increasingly believe that higher U.S. interest rates will define the rest of the decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Devastating as the destruction was, it would be the human stories and the human suffering that would best define what would become known as the Great Molasses Flood.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

The statute defines “videotape service provider” to include any person in the business of delivering “prerecorded video cassette tapes or similar audio visual materials.”

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

Mejia demanded the information, much of which was also requested by The Times, as required in the 2021 contract that defines the working relationship between LA28 and the host city of the 2028 games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

"There's no magic line" dictating what defines a nation, he told AFP, but noted Alberta's case for nationhood appears harder to make than that of other groups, like Catalans, Scots and French-speaking Canadians in Quebec.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

It can, they said, act as a label that defines them by their "difficulties" rather than "strengths and potential".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Lisa must love this place, though. It pretty much defines outdoorsy.”

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

The researchers developed a precisely defined mixture of chemicals that allowed GMPs to survive and multiply for extended periods in the laboratory.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

The opening days of Zacharia’s tenure have been defined by questions over claims she has made about her background.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

The legislation aims to incentivise research and investment into the treatment of rare types of cancer, defined as those affecting fewer than 1 in every 2,000 people.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

The lock-in effect that has defined the housing market in recent years, in which homeowners have held onto their low mortgage rates from years ago and frozen supply, continued to ease.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

With five Euclidean solids to play with, and one sphere inside the innermost solid as well as one outside the outermost solid, this defined six spheres—one for each of the orbits of the planets.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

And, the defining feature, cold-gas rocket thrusters that jumped the car over a line of vehicles while doing a midair barrel roll.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

She is beautiful and desirable, but her sexuality isn’t the defining characteristic of her existence — something we don’t see enough when it comes to Latina roles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

I also think Elon Musk, having seen the ascent of Steve Jobs, was sort of defining himself in that way too – or going back to Thomas Edison, who had his own P.T.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

But the second, in Port Moresby, brought a memorable - and defining - 20-16 victory for the hosts.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Since limits are logically airtight, by defining a derivative in terms of limits, it becomes airtight as well—and puts calculus on a solid foundation.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife