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To consider the word, I looked up its definition in Salon’s dictionary of choice.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
“This is the definition of inflationary pressure starting to affect us,” a senior restaurant-industry executive told ISM.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
“Independent verification is, by definition, a human institution. Someone has to stand behind the work. What changes is not whether humans are involved, but what they spend their time on,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
What Gyllenhaal was promoting was intangible, something that money couldn’t buy and no agent could secure: his personal definition of masculinity.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
Well, by definition, i2 = –1—a point whose angle is 180 degrees from the x-axis; the angle has doubled.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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