by definition
idiom
: because of what something or someone is : according to the definition of a word that is being used to describe someone or something
A volunteer by definition is not paid.
A glider is by definition an aircraft with no engine.
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But parenting is, by definition, caring for a vulnerable person.
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Mara Gordon, NPR, 31 May 2025
Temporary Protected Status, by definition, is temporary and committed to the discretion of the DHS Secretary.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
If memes were by definition hard to forget and highly transmissible, antimemes were hard to remember and resistant to multiplication.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
Fair enough, though by definition a quick 15%-plus drop in the stock market is usually a response to some destabilizing and often novel shock.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 May 2025
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Mara Gordon, NPR, 31 May 2025
Temporary Protected Status, by definition, is temporary and committed to the discretion of the DHS Secretary.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
If memes were by definition hard to forget and highly transmissible, antimemes were hard to remember and resistant to multiplication.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
Fair enough, though by definition a quick 15%-plus drop in the stock market is usually a response to some destabilizing and often novel shock.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 May 2025
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“By definition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20definition. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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