defining

Example Sentences

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“Job stability has become the defining feature of today’s workforce,” they wrote.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

This discovery fills that gap and provides direct evidence of when these defining features first appeared.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Nonetheless, the U.A.E., like the rest of the Gulf region, had long tried to avoid defining itself as a combatant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

It promises to be a defining capital-markets event.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

I told her that I was taught never to use the word you are defining in its definition and that she ought to think of a substitute word for letter if she is defining it.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg