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There’s no standard definition of a “carnivore diet,” but it generally means only eating animal-based foods like meat, seafood, eggs and full-fat dairy.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
Another avenue Pratt put forward in an interview posted on YouTube is using the expanded definition of gravely disabled in a law championed and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
For nearly two decades, he had been the definition of sports anonymity—an interchangeable cog turning in the unforgiving machine that is professional baseball.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Butterfly Conservation said was most likely caused by ermine moth caterpillars, which feed inside the webs and "are the definition of a hungry caterpillar".
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Mother looks at me, her eyes focused once again, full of something that I am certain has no word or definition.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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