defining
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He has accomplished this by completely disregarding what has become one of the defining trends of modern baseball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"An overly dry spring and a heatwave in the second half of June were defining factors" leading to what the group described as a "below-average grain harvest" forecast at 41.9 million tonnes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Something new to listen to: Six years ago, indie rocker Phoebe Bridgers’ last solo album became one of the defining records of the decade.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
"This research adds to a growing body of work establishing that even severely aphasic individuals can preserve their ability for abstract logical thought -- a defining feature of our species," Fedorenko says.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Where the Aristotelian universe had one centre, there were now potentially five different ways of defining the centre of the universe.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
