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And the definition of “consumer” includes any “subscriber of goods or services” from the provider.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
The “solution” in both instances is universality, both geographically and in terms of the definition of the tax base.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Dunmoyer maintains that even if they’re not explicitly listed, data centers just don’t fit the measure’s definition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
The benchmark for the definition is the sea-surface temperature anomaly in part of the Pacific Ocean, which is now at record levels.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
The same phrase is then employed by Newton in his definition of inertia; he evidently took the phrase from Descartes, and discovered only later that it originated in Lucretius.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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As California ushers in its certification label, she said, other states could adopt similar certification programs or develop their own definitions of ultraprocessed foods while a uniform federal definition is still in the works.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
But critics say its broad definitions, severe penalties and scrutiny of even voluntary conversions risk drawing the state and the police into one of the most private decisions a person can make.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
When asked to specify what in the law backed its interpretation, the commission cited the separate definitions section and wouldn’t comment further.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
But the one part of the market that has cooled are so-called momentum stocks, whose precise definitions vary but basically are bets that fast-rising stocks will continue to gain ground.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Her own ward had been redesignated as an overflow to acute surgical, but the definitions meant nothing at first.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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