defining
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Workers may move into and out of physically demanding jobs throughout their career, and defining such jobs would be “complicated and inevitably controversial,’ Altman said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Those results provided the evidence needed to establish MAL as a distinct blood group system, with AnWj as its defining antigen.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
“AI is the defining technology of the era, so the CEO has to drive it,” Subramaniam said during a Monday night panel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Canada is entering a defining period of investment and industrial growth that will shape the country’s economy for decades to come,” said Chun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
What was really just a theatrical side show was now being enshrined in memory as the defining moment in the revolutionary drama.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
