definition

Example Sentences

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For some, he became a queer elder; a figure who had lived a life outside easy definition.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Some families have a narrow definition of what it means to be homeless.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

“Under the longstanding definition, undocumented immigrants are domiciled in this country: They reside here, with ‘an intention to remain,’” the challengers add.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Despite the fact that I’ve been living with multiple myeloma since 2003, I’m not cured, not even by the carefully worded terms of the new definition.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

The vacuum, by definition, has nothing in it—no particles, no light, nothing.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife