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As these things go, the adjective’s chosen definition soon twisted shape.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
As the dissent points out, this early voting definition makes no sense.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
"The definition of a protist is loose -- essentially it is any eukaryotic organism which is not an animal, plant, or fungus," said Dr. McGowan.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
Fixler and her lawyer, Stephen Kohn, say the SEC’s definition of “voluntary” defies a plain-English meaning of the term, and blocks whistleblowers from using a traditional channel of spreading concerns about wrongdoing: the media.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
“I’m going to read to you the definition of selfish from the dictionary.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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