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He added that there are certain rural areas that didn’t benefit from last year’s changes because projects there don’t fit the definition of infill housing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
One theory: There’s no unanimous definition of who belongs to the middle class.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
The move to explore a new definition for teenage relationship abuse comes as a result of this review.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
They support a broader definition that also considers waist measurements and medical conditions associated with excess weight.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
This is now true by definition as, since 1983, the length of a meter has been set in relation to the speed of light rather than vice versa.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Other definitions that made the dictionary's 10-strong shortlist included ghost job, something frustrated jobseekers will be familiar with - when an employer posts a position with no intention of appointing someone.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Among the definitions of impeachable conduct provisionally approved early in the Constitutional Convention were “treason, bribery, or corruption” and then “treason or bribery.”
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
How much more evidence does the Alaska Supreme Court need that this decoy fits both definitions?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
That meant LGBTQ+ and single people who historically had been shut out by definitions of infertility as a failure to conceive after six to 12 months of unprotected heterosexual intercourse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
One day in the future, the meaning of irie will move on, and it will become just another word with a long list of archaic or obsolete definitions.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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