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[def-uh-nish-uhn] / ˌdɛf əˈnɪʃ ən /


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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

The cap-weighting and resulting concentration aren’t bad by definition, especially during bull markets.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Langtree-Marsh said although the name "doesn't exactly roll off the tongue", she was happy the definition "moves away from focusing solely on the ovaries".

From BBC • May 26, 2026

All of them were, almost by definition, odd.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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