defining
Example Sentences
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Bardot was not only one of the defining faces of post-war cinema but also a figure whose life and legacy embodied both cultural transformation and intense controversy.
From Salon
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.
The defining feature of these hot spots is not just warm surface water, but unusually deep layers of heat beneath the surface.
From Science Daily
At first, it looked like the match when Jannik Sinner would stamp his authority on the defining rivalry of men’s tennis.
“We felt like we had every right to do that because the constitution invested the legislature with defining the responsibilities” of the governor, Lewis said.
From Salon
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