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He said Goldenvoice searches for iconic works that will define the year, working with artists “ready to do something they’ve never done before” in “new mediums, new techniques and new ways of thinking.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Sterner tests await, of course, with the fate of weekend talks likely to define the market’s next moves, particularly if oil prices react more dramatically to the strait’s continuing closure.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

The party's manifesto outlines what it says are the "the immediate key priorities that will define a Plaid Cymru government".

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Each spring, hundreds of thousands of birds gather here to feed and rest before lifting north again, following migratory paths far older than the farms and highways that now define the valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

For a reason I couldn’t define, I had a fear of knowing too much about him.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam