defines

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Instead, Virginia law specifically defines “general election” as occurring “on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.”

From Slate • May 8, 2026

“The landscape of childhood defines how we view landscapes for the rest of our years,” she writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

It defines External link illegal insider trading as “misappropriation of confidential information in breach of a pre-existing duty of trust and confidence to the source of the information.”

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

That blend of styles and audiences, where longtime fans and first-time listeners share the same space, is something performers say defines the BeachLife experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

The United Nations now defines genocide as an act, or acts, “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.”

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz