redefinition
Americannoun
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Thomas’ redefinition of “miscarriage” was even more absurd.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
The question is whether this division of labor—machines for volume, humans for discernment—is a fruitful partnership or a more troubling redefinition of what creative work looks like.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Online, commenters have called her “ripped,” “beautiful,” even the “peak female athlete form,” which is both a compliment and a quietly radical redefinition.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2025
"The international community has drawn up a road map for the redefinition of the second," she tells BBC News.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025
The specific forms of relations, the We Am faction among them, are subject to many factors, not least to the biological and cognitive redefinition of the human being.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
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