Example Sentences

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This could mean three million barrels per day of additional oil might now hit the market, but there remain “many unknowns” right now around how Iran is defining ‘Iraq oil,’ Wan adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Despite the change that is defining the brand now, it has weathered serious controversies within leadership and the culture of the brand, which has seeped into the zeitgeist.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2024

Research by Nebraska's Cory Armstrong is defining the effectiveness of the alerts, warnings and advisories that swirl around extreme weather events.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2024

"What I'm learning with Dorian Gray is defining oneself in that realm, it has an expiry date of some sort," she said.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2024

I told her that I was taught never to use the word you are defining in its definition and that she ought to think of a substitute word for letter if she is defining it.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg