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Few companies have managed to define how people use technology in their everyday lives as resoundingly as Apple.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

The U.S. needs to define its goals and let other problems take care of themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

AI is supposed to define everybody’s future, but some people think that Apple has fallen behind in the AI race.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Online automated investment services, known as robo advisers, can select investments for you once you define your risk comfort level.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

The later poets define the world of the dead more and more clearly as the place where the wicked are punished and the good rewarded.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton