the defense
noun
law
: the lawyer or lawyers who represent the defendant in a court case
The defense rests, Your Honor.
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If the defense of late-night is a lost cause, Jimmy Kimmel will go down swinging.
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
And the defense could be significantly better with all the transfer upgrades, to go with returning stud linebackers Whit Weeks and Harold Perkins.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Hendrickson is the anchor of the defense and a disrupting player who matters in the grand scheme of things.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
But the rookie’s downfield work and manipulation of the defense in practice is what opened the veteran’s eyes.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
And the defense could be significantly better with all the transfer upgrades, to go with returning stud linebackers Whit Weeks and Harold Perkins.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Hendrickson is the anchor of the defense and a disrupting player who matters in the grand scheme of things.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
But the rookie’s downfield work and manipulation of the defense in practice is what opened the veteran’s eyes.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the defense
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“The defense.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20defense. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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