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

It promises to be a defining capital-markets event.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Race plays a major role—indeed, a defining role—in the current system, but not because of what is commonly understood as old-fashioned, hostile bigotry.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander