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define

[dih-fahyn] / dɪˈfaɪn /




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"Simply comparing super agers with such a heterogeneous population makes it challenging to define what is critical in terms of resilient or vulnerable brain patterns."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

GC: You have to define it for yourself in terms of setting goals for yourself, and then try to achieve those goals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Andy Burnham has signalled his support for dedicated options at the next census to allow people to define themselves as black English or Asian English.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

Boomers now lead all generations in discretionary spending in two categories that define modern consumer businesses: travel and restaurants, at 41% and 36% of discretionary allocation, respectively, according to recent Qualtrics and McKinsey consumer research.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

Shawn had a gift for language, for using it to define others.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

A heat loss calculation is a figure, usually measured in watts, that defines how much heat a home loses during cold weather.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

“Efficiency is gonna be the thing that defines who actually gets to create and capture a lot of value over the next couple of years.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

But for someone like Schoenbrun, defeat defines their future.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

“The church should have an investment committee and a charter that defines the committee’s roles and responsibilities,” Katz adds.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Americans are so nutty about physical appearance and what defines beauty.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

"They are not defined by caste, gender or economic class," Aiyar said.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

The Journal’s David Uberti writes that the 126-year-old Michigan business discovered it had stumbled into the supply chain of a market defined by speed and secrecy: AI data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

The only thing we know: Jensen Huang, the man who once defined this tech revolution as we know it, will no longer be leading that charge.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

Detailed measurements revealed deep, sharply defined depressions, elevated ridges, stepped surfaces, and areas where the metal appeared to have been pushed and displaced in overlapping patterns.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

Over the coming years I would find a crack in each of the therapists sent to train what Miss Samson now defined as my lazy tongue.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

This ability to move between vastly different scales is one of Lumina's defining strengths.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

Jensen Huang helped build Nvidia into the company at the center of the AI boom, and became the defining face of it.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

The result launched one of British boxing's defining rivalries, with their 1993 rematch at Old Trafford ending in a draw.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

“Volatility was the defining feature of the past year, and for many firms it proved profitable,” said Michael Karp, chief executive of Options Group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Since limits are logically airtight, by defining a derivative in terms of limits, it becomes airtight as well—and puts calculus on a solid foundation.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife


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