defining
Example Sentences
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The 10-hour workday struggle became the defining labor cause of the early republic.
The women volunteers of the civil disobedience movement are getting a belated acknowledgement of their defining role in one of India's biggest mass movements.
From BBC
The voting public has the power to make AI ethics a defining issue that shapes norms of behavior around technology.
From Salon
This does not, of course, foreclose another question: Does the book add anything of additional value—defining the term, loosely, to include perspective and narrative fluency?
It was from here that he launched the 1930 Salt March, a defining moment in the struggle against British rule.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
