define
Example Sentences
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“I am humbled to step into this role, and I promise to lead with the values and vision that have come to define this special place for half a century,” Ternus said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
According to later biographical accounts, it was during this period that Woods began to ruminate on how rail transportation might be improved—a pursuit that would come to define his life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
In earlier work published in 2019, Xiao and his team suggested that the first sponges may not have produced the hard, needle-like structures called spicules that define modern sponges.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
Laney founded West Midlands-based Laney Amplification in the 1960s and equipment it produced helped "define the sound of metal guitar".
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Not only might she undo it all tomorrow, she would also define me by my betrayal for as long as I remained in her life, which wouldn’t be long.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
Vocabulary lists containing define
The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The ACT: The Language of the Test, List 1
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