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Inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by definition have plenty of marvelous memories when reflecting on the career accomplishments that led them to Cooperstown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
"Global health, by definition, is transnational, crosses borders, does not concern just one country. Global health problems require global approaches, and no country can go it alone."
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
IPOs by definition are stock events, but options trading will likely become the main event.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
To be sure, what theologians were investigating was, by definition, mysterious—unprovable in the way that scientific propositions are provable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
It is a seed, after all, and they are by definition the beginning of something.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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