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defined

[dih-fahynd] / dɪˈfaɪnd /














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If you think about the color wheel, you are often defined by your inverse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

For a movie defined by this nowhereness, it’s all the more telling that the filmmakers took pains to let us know exactly where we are.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Clement, so exquisitely low-key in “Flight of the Conchords,” ramps up that energy just a few clicks for a character defined in part by his passivity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

This was a leader who had decided to stop being defined by what he hadn't won.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

He coined more than fifty medical terms still in use today and defined a host of new diseases.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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