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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

"This company has an extraordinary history, and what makes it so special today is the skill, care and creative spirit that continue to define the business."

From BBC • 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

Nutrition researchers generally define ultraprocessed foods as items containing ingredients that wouldn’t generally be found in a home kitchen, such as emulsifiers—used to improve the texture of food—and high-fructose corn syrup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

At least as important, King morally and politically legitimized a youth-led agenda of confrontational social change that would define one of the most crucial decades of the American Century.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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