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a vivid representation in words of someone or something
he gave us his definition of the perfect romantic evening on the town
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Recent Examples of definition
This is very connected to how a woman’s body should look, or what the beauty definition is.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Feb. 2026
Spanning decades, this novel follows five Black women whose friendships are shaped by ambition, motherhood, and shifting definitions of success.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2026
Stalking doesn't fit that definition, Garnett wrote in her opinion, citing case law and legal precedents.
—Michael R. Sisak, Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026
Save some room for the brown butter almond cake at the end, which sounds deceptively simple but is the very definition of delicious with whimsical plating and delicious—and complex—flavors.
—Asonta Benetti, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2026
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Feb. 2026
Spanning decades, this novel follows five Black women whose friendships are shaped by ambition, motherhood, and shifting definitions of success.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2026
Stalking doesn't fit that definition, Garnett wrote in her opinion, citing case law and legal precedents.
—Michael R. Sisak, Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026
Save some room for the brown butter almond cake at the end, which sounds deceptively simple but is the very definition of delicious with whimsical plating and delicious—and complex—flavors.
—Asonta Benetti, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for definition
Noun
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The name and description of the suspect have not been released, and Pittsburgh police are investigating.—
Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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City surveillance footage showed Coleman driving an ATV matching the vehicle’s description, according to the probable cause statement.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
7 Feb. 2026
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My photographs—portraits, landscapes, still lives, and spaces both vast and claustrophobic—reveal cultural double standards and impermanence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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Focusing on Mapplethorpe’s aesthetic research, the exhibition features over 200 works, tracing the evolution of Mapplethorpe’s visual language through themes like portraits, self-portraits, flowers and nudes.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Using a combination of AI classification and human review, researchers estimated that about 65 percent of all images were sexualized depictions of people, and a small but significant fraction involved children.—
The AI Insider,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Jan. 2026
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But that depiction was picked apart by a vast array of online onlookers, from law enforcement experts to ordinary Instagram users, some of whom replayed the videos frame by frame and zoomed in to show the episode in frightening detail.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
25 Jan. 2026
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Overall, Lighton sought to be nuanced in his portrayal of the couple.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Dormer broke out with her portrayal of Anne Boleyn in Showtime’s The Tudors before going on to broader recognition with her six-season turn as Margaery Tyrell on Game of Thrones.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Definition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/definition. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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