defining

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When Euphoria first launched, it became one of the defining shows of its generation, but has returned after a five-year break to a more divided response.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

PSG, the first team to retain the trophy since Real Madrid in 2018, is defining an era.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

The organization also says that it acts as “the official public-private partnership that connects, aligns, and amplifies national and local efforts to deliver the defining presidential moments of this anniversary year.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Damage to myelin is also a defining feature of multiple sclerosis.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

In time this oddly matched pair would play a large role in defining how the world viewed the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and, by extension, the very nature of the new Nazi state.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown