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A behest, after all, is by definition a command or at least a strong suggestion.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026
"If you sanction someone because they're doing some behaviour and they change the behaviour, then by definition the sanction cannot stay."
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
Given that gentrification, almost by definition, transforms high-disorder areas into tidier ones, and given that the process appears to be continuing in New York and other cities, hasn’t Mr. Gottlieb got matters exactly backward?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
And by definition unexpected inflation is just that — unexpected.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
Well, by definition, i2 = –1—a point whose angle is 180 degrees from the x-axis; the angle has doubled.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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