defining

Example Sentences

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“Job stability has become the defining feature of today’s workforce,” they wrote.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

This discovery fills that gap and provides direct evidence of when these defining features first appeared.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The splitter and its devastating sinking action had been the defining pitch of the 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Apple had a history defining first 50 years.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Over one thousand Panthers were jailed, many on false charges, as a result of informants, perpetual surveillance, and other law enforcement tactics that would later become defining features of the War on Drugs.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander