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When we catch ourselves in these negative thought patterns, it’s important to remember that our socioeconomic status doesn’t define us.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Both its kosher preparation—using oil instead of butter and chicken instead of pork—and its fixture as a workhorse dish speak to a rigidity and an adaptability that define Israeli cuisine and, more broadly, life there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

These sites have previously been used to define maximum possible ages for the origin of animal life.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

It shows to me how this generational change thing, you can’t define it by data points so well.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

For a reason I couldn’t define, I had a fear of knowing too much about him.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Known as the Lawson criterion, this equation defines the conditions required for ignition.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Morningstar defines ultrashort bond funds as those that “invest primarily in high-quality U.S. bonds that mature within one year.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

In November, the Italian Parliament unanimously passed a law that defines the crime of femicide and makes it punishable with a life sentence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

West Virginia defines microschools as schools that charge tuition and are started by one or more teachers.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

“You know, an image that defines what that day was about for her.”

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

Take Pitt’s “F1: The Movie” and this year’s “Heart of the Beast,” where Pitt plays hypermasculine characters whose lives, actions and goals are defined by a relentless desire to come out on top.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

They don’t ooze the urgency or arrogance that defined other Yankee eras.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Under normal circumstances, unaccompanied minors are defined as children who arrive at a U.S. border alone, with no parent or guardian.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

A market correction is generally defined as a decline of at least 10% from a recent peak — meaning the Russell 2000 would need to end at 2,761.58 or lower to officially enter one.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

The combination of regulatory sequences and the protein-encoding sequence defined a gene.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

But here’s a defining difference: In each of their five games, the Brewers have two hits with runners in scoring position.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

With both Manchester City and rivals Manchester United having huge international draw, football is one of the city's defining assets, said Subrahmaniam Krishnan-Harihara, head of research at the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

“It’s not like sustainability is gone,” he said, “but it’s not at the top, and it’s not the overall defining strategy around the world.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Her blistering century against Australia in the semi-final of the 2017 Women's ODI World Cup remains one of the defining knocks in the history of the women's game.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

At a defining moment in American history, slavery not only continued, it was granted the Constitution’s official blessing.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis