definer

Example Sentences

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Woodstock, taking place 100 miles away later that same summer, would become a generation definer with its top-grossing film and chart-topping soundtrack.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2022

“The definer of the legislation wins this battle,” Luntz said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2021

Stepping into this role, that is a life definer.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2020

Wright paraphrases the hilariously named philosopher Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, writing that “the definer of all things” is “beyond wisdom, beyond denial.”

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019

Either I am very much mistaken, or Locke the definer has very well defined liberty as "power."

From Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire