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One of the earliest readings I encountered was by the theorist David Halperin, who defined “queer” as “whatever is at odds with the normal, the legitimate, the dominant.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
From 1995 to 2005, the MLB rule book defined strikes as the area over home plate from the midpoint between the shoulders and the top of the pants, down to the bottom of the knees.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
That evolving lens is now extending to how households themselves are defined.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
In a cake defined by nostalgia, that presence matters.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
Every segment of an embryo can be defined on an axis that stretches from head to tail.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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