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The definition is supported by mainstream Jewish organisations and has been adopted by 47 countries, including the UK, as well as most British universities.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
In fact, participants who met one definition of healthy eating often did not meet the requirements of other diets.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
The analysis used a definition of autism-therapy services cited in the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’s Applied Behavior Analysis Toolkit that reflects medical billing codes that were adopted by most states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
And the definition of “consumer” includes any “subscriber of goods or services” from the provider.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
Tom White met Farmer’s “WL” definition: someone who donated money but didn’t understand the depth of third-world problems or how to really fix them.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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Schools often adopt “cookie cutter” risk-management programs to fulfill compliance, but they emphasize legal definitions and lack cultural relevance and specific scenarios, Vitchers said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Mr. Gorra is at his most engaging when he backs away from definitions of tale, story, novella and so on, which appeal mainly to specialists, and brings in social context and literary development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 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
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
Animals and music: Between cultural definitions and sensory evidence.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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