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Its rangers and volunteers keep the outline defined by rechalking the figure every decade or so to protect it from weeds and erosion.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

The effect on sentiment, the researchers find, comes not just from higher prices, but from how far and how often conditions have deviated from the relative stability that defined the prepandemic period.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

For Regen, founder of Regen Projects, Opie’s ability to move across subjects has long defined her practice.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Their authority is defined by the will or trust and is ultimately governed by state law and the oversight of the courts.

From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026

How, for that matter, is constancy versus variation, or normalcy versus abnormalcy, defined or written into the genome?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee