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[def-uh-nish-uhn] / ˌdɛf əˈnɪʃ ən /


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But to have visible definition in your biceps, you have to put in the work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Young people who end up playing in the NFL are, by definition, by far the fittest and strongest in their schools and colleges.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

That is the Oxford English definition of the word "sham".

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Researchers throughout the United States widely regard the Nova system when studying the correlation between the prolonged consumption of ultraprocessed foods and resulting health implications because the U.S. doesn’t have a definition of its own.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

This is definition of an arts-as-curriculum strategy, where the arts teacher teaches their separate material.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

To present an argument to an ITP, all this background knowledge must be entered, explicitly and formally, down to the simplest definitions of numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

That meant LGBTQ+ and single people who historically had been shut out by definitions of infertility as a failure to conceive after six to 12 months of unprotected heterosexual intercourse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

"We ask that Australia clarify how exactly 'harm' and 'risks' shall be determined... ensuring these definitions do not encroach on protected speech," the US said in its submission.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

But the one part of the market that has cooled are so-called momentum stocks, whose precise definitions vary but basically are bets that fast-rising stocks will continue to gain ground.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

There are many words and definitions I have never lost.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson




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