definition
Example Sentences
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But when she digs deeper, around a fifth of them actually meet her definition.
“What is your definition of clean?” asks Kenny Stein of the Institute for Energy Research, a Washington think tank.
An oil shock is generally understood to mean a supply shortage that sparks a sharp rise in oil prices and consequently a negative impact on global economic growth, although there is no single definition.
From Barron's
The definition of capacity is a key area of difference from the UK bill, which leans on the typical approach in law that a person is assumed to have capacity unless shown otherwise.
From BBC
"There is currently not a single gynaecological condition listed as a recurring or fluctuating impairment in the guidance on the disability definition," Sanju explains.
From BBC
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