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[def-uh-nish-uhn] / ˌdɛf əˈnɪʃ ən /


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They would no longer be considered unemployed under the government’s definition.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

Under the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, external, one definition of genocide is "imposing measures intended to prevent births" within a "national, ethnical, racial or religious group".

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

According to Altamirano’s team, removing the 12-year limit changed the definition of a “term.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Ashbery was always cast as a member of the “New York School” of poets, a category whose very definition and constituents have long been debated.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

And how does our definition shape how we think about societies and the people in them?

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

The definitions appear below the frames, reminding us that the men were not just shot with a firearm but also by a camera, shot being shot.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Rights group Amnesty International has said the case "relies on vague, overly broad and arbitrary definitions of 'subversion'".

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

You might be surprised at how few stocks it takes to skew index funds—and how loosely they fit your definitions of “growth” or “value.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Conventional definitions of the working class often miss how people understand their own place in society.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

These are the definitions I need to refine.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson




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