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To be sure, what theologians were investigating was, by definition, mysterious—unprovable in the way that scientific propositions are provable.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 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
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
The term quantum advantage refers to quantum’s doing something “cheaper, faster, or more accurately” than classical computers, by Gambetta’s definition.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
This is now true by definition as, since 1983, the length of a meter has been set in relation to the speed of light rather than vice versa.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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