defining

Example Sentences

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"In the short term, it feeds inflation risk, US dollar strength, and asset-class dispersion. Energy volatility, inflation uncertainty, and regional dispersion are returning as defining market features."

From Barron's

That doctrine states that the president can order a strike to protect the country’s “vital interests” without defining any clear red lines.

From The Wall Street Journal

This is the defining feature of his personality and political life.

From Salon

This is a defining moment for the Islamic Republic of Iran.

From BBC

If his defining characteristic weren’t competence, Piggy could easily insert him into a cover of “Manchild” instead of duetting with Carpenter in a performance of “Islands in the Stream.”

From Salon