by definition
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Open AI models are, by definition, harder to control, as users can alter their parameters -- potentially for malicious purposes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
The reality is by having a higher age rating than Spider-Man, it is by definition reducing the amount of people who can buy the game.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The inflation threat that bonds face isn’t from inflation that is currently expected but from unexpected inflation — which, by definition, is unexpected.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Young people are by definition less experienced and by nature more idealistic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Enid believed there was only a “good Joyce,” that a “bad Joyce” was a theological impossibility, that any such person who might appear was by definition an imposter in the guise of her daughter.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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