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For Michael Govan, its director, the building was merely a means to an end, which was to change the definition of the museum itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Despite the double-digit dividend hike, Costco remains a growth stock by almost anyone’s definition.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
"By focusing on how life spreads and interacts with environments, we can search for it without needing a perfect definition or a single definitive signal," said Harrison B. Smith.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
However, she said there were currently no plans to introduce a national definition of dyscalculia.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
They not only bring forth “great individuals and great deeds”—one traditional definition of history—by demanding human effort on a large scale, but they make these achievements memorable.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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