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[def-uh-nish-uhn] / ˌdɛf əˈnɪʃ ən /


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One theory: There’s no unanimous definition of who belongs to the middle class.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

But Micala and Lee agree that a standalone definition for abuse in teenage relationships would be as effective as lowering the age someone can be classed as a victim of domestic abuse.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Steinhauser said his group aims to preserve that definition and keep AI as the more general term.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

By definition, those wobblers aren’t aerodynamic, so getting them deep is harder than it appears.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

It is a far from sufficient definition, to be sure, since human beings make many things other than works of art.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

Treasure has a variety of definitions, external, as per the Treasure Act of 1996.

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

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

The authority of the ICJ was built on the precise legal definitions established by figures like Raphael Lemkin, who coined “genocide,” and Sir Hersch Lauterpacht, who helped shaped the concept of “crimes against humanity.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Discussions of common sense generally fail to distinguish adequately universal and local definitions of the concept.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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