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defined

[dih-fahynd] / dɪˈfaɪnd /














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If you think about the color wheel, you are often defined by your inverse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

For a movie defined by this nowhereness, it’s all the more telling that the filmmakers took pains to let us know exactly where we are.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Clement, so exquisitely low-key in “Flight of the Conchords,” ramps up that energy just a few clicks for a character defined in part by his passivity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Schrödinger's definitions of hue, saturation, and lightness depend on where a color sits in relation to that axis, yet he never formally defined the axis itself.

From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026

True optimism, as Agatha Swanburne defined it, is the habit of expecting happy endings in a way that keeps one cheerfully working to make them come true.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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