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[def-uh-nish-uhn] / ˌdɛf əˈnɪʃ ən /


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There is an actual legal definition for that designation.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

“This is the definition of inflationary pressure starting to affect us,” a senior restaurant-industry executive told ISM.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Her lawsuit alleges that the definition is “absent from the four corners of the policy and hidden from the insured” until their claim is denied.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

What Gyllenhaal was promoting was intangible, something that money couldn’t buy and no agent could secure: his personal definition of masculinity.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

This definition at least eliminates the confusion of treating as works of art such natural phenomena as flowers, seashells, or sunsets.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson




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