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define

[dih-fahyn] / dɪˈfaɪn /




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Brine is one of those flavors that’s easier to recognize than define.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

To define interest-rate cycles we used the federal-funds rate and defined a cycle as any one where interest rates were going in a particular direction over a six-month period.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The team's most important advance was finding a way to define the neutral axis using only the geometry of the color metric.

From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026

It was Brendon McCullum who said the Ashes could define his team, while Stokes asked them to make history.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Me: I is the hardest word to define.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green




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