definition
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"By focusing on how life spreads and interacts with environments, we can search for it without needing a perfect definition or a single definitive signal," said Harrison B. Smith.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
She asked ministers why specialist maths teachers were not routinely trained to recognise dyscalculia, and whether the government planned to establish a formal definition.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
“This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible.”
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
But by definition, most investors can’t be better than average.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
Indeed, because all facts are by definition true we tend to think all truths are facts.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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