- present tense form of define (3rd person singular).
defines
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It’s what Anthropic defines as its “Company Purpose.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
They also allege dumping, which trade law defines as selling a product abroad for less than at home or below production costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
In a Foreign Policy essay last week, former Estonian president Kersti Kaljulaid defines the central problem in Europe, plausibly but rather too vaguely, as “intergenerational hopelessness” and a downward spiral of economic expectation.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
The American Society of Addiction Medicine defines addiction as a chronic brain disorder.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
The river marks the Guatemalan border, just as the Rio Grande defines the Mexican border to the north.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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