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Both jobs entailed tedious rewrite work that would have fit into Mr. Posner’s capacious definition of plagiarism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Whether he’s pressing interviewers about their glibness or just holding eye contact for an inordinate amount of time, Cruise — the last movie star, as he’s been coined — is the definition of passion.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
On the agency’s website, an asterisk sits in place of a number, with a note stating the CDC is working to determine a standardized definition for measles deaths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The reality is by having a higher age rating than Spider-Man, it is by definition reducing the amount of people who can buy the game.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
“I suppose we have to figure out the definition of ‘racist’ first,” Mr. Kazilly says.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
Here are definitions for some of terms used above.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
The definitions appear below the frames, reminding us that the men were not just shot with a firearm but also by a camera, shot being shot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Rights group Amnesty International has said the case "relies on vague, overly broad and arbitrary definitions of 'subversion'".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
You might be surprised at how few stocks it takes to skew index funds—and how loosely they fit your definitions of “growth” or “value.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
So I got the idea of writing the words down in my note pad, along with their definitions, and memorizing them.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
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