defining

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For a company that prides itself on entering categories late and defining them, Apple’s AI execution has been the exception that disproves the rule.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

“AI is once again moving back to the forefront as a defining theme of this bull market.” said Keith Lerner, chief investment officer at Truist Wealth.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Chemotherapy brought the first meaningful progress against leukemia, but it also exposed a defining paradox of cancer care.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

That wartime recording, whose proceeds went to the East India War Fund, reflected Sen's defining instinct - making and managing music amid chaos.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

And in defining, in giving organization to the fury, it seemed to spin me around, and in my mind I was looking backward over the days since Clifton's death .

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison