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[dih-fahyn] / dɪˈfaɪn /




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Bankers have told both companies that whichever startup goes first will get to define the new industry and benefit from being able to access large pools of cash eager to back new AI companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 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

To secure the extraordinary unrealized profits that define so many portfolios, investors could consider our preferred hedging strategy: ratio spreads.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

For Hughes, whose contract expires next summer, Iraola's appointment could define his tenure at Liverpool.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Mary Anne sang with false joy, “What a perfect description of me. Yes. That’s how a dictionary would define me.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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