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Given that gentrification, almost by definition, transforms high-disorder areas into tidier ones, and given that the process appears to be continuing in New York and other cities, hasn’t Mr. Gottlieb got matters exactly backward?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
As the dissent points out, this early voting definition makes no sense.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
"The definition of a protist is loose -- essentially it is any eukaryotic organism which is not an animal, plant, or fungus," said Dr. McGowan.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
Copeland: Hey, Stanley, how about this for a definition of jazz?
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Some theorists even believe that there can be no universal definition of music because it is so culturally specific.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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