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To define interest-rate cycles we used the federal-funds rate and defined a cycle as any one where interest rates were going in a particular direction over a six-month period.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
For a movie defined by this nowhereness, it’s all the more telling that the filmmakers took pains to let us know exactly where we are.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
Clement, so exquisitely low-key in “Flight of the Conchords,” ramps up that energy just a few clicks for a character defined in part by his passivity.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Schrödinger's definitions of hue, saturation, and lightness depend on where a color sits in relation to that axis, yet he never formally defined the axis itself.
From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026
The edges of the cloud are crisp and defined.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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