defining

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The irony, of course, is that Elmo’s defining trait is that he likes everyone.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

By defining these perceptual attributes more rigorously, the researchers have supplied a missing piece in Schrödinger's long standing vision for a closed mathematical model of color.

From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026

Yet audiences in the thousands were turning up nightly to see Gibbard reanimate the peak-millennial classics that made him one of indie rock’s defining stars.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Carney has described AI as the defining technology of the era, one that already is changing how people work, learn and connect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The view to either side was of a sort of tunnel with cells defining one wall and a mesh fence overlooking the flats the other.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover