defining

Example Sentences

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The Law Commission said the current rules for defining "unfitness" were formulated in 1836, adding they were now outdated and did not take modern medical understandings of capacity into account.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Innovation has been a defining feature in U.S. commercial aviation and government programs, helping them reach new heights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

“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

What excited her about her achievement was its design, the pure geometry and the defining uncertainty which reflected, she thought, a modern sensibility.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan