defining

Example Sentences

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Education, the defining aspiration of the Indian middle class, has stopped delivering on its promise.

From BBC

Since then his stock has continued to rise and this could be a defining year, with Anderson tipped to star for England at this summer's World Cup.

From BBC

Unhealed personal wounds and past power struggles between the leaders of OpenAI and Anthropic are defining how the world now encounters the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tolkien once described his defining high fantasy in a frequently quoted letter as “a fundamentally religious and Catholic work.”

From Salon

Personal wounds and power struggles between the two men are defining how the world encounters the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal