define
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These molecules are defined by their distinctive twisted ring shapes, which help give them powerful biological effects, including anti tumor and anti inflammatory activity.
From Science Daily
The IRS is “free to define gambling in their own way,” says James Creech, a principal at Baker Tilly’s specialty tax practice.
From Barron's
From metaphors for our behavior to demonstrations of our superior status, we use animals to help define ourselves.
This property defines what scientists now recognize as a third fundamental category of magnetic materials.
From Science Daily
This enables the essential information defining an organism’s core features—represented in the nucleotide sequences of DNA—to be passed down to its offspring.
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