by definition
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: because of what something or someone is : according to the definition of a word that is being used to describe someone or something
A volunteer by definition is not paid.
A glider is by definition an aircraft with no engine.
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Success in that endeavor meant, by definition, that tariffs would generate little revenue.
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Made By History, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
Space tourism is, at best, folly—silly, spectacularly wasteful, pointless by definition.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
Private spaces by definition exclude the public; our family's privacy deserves the same protection and respect as any other family in America.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
What could have been if Amrita, whose job by definition is an intuitive healer, had taken a few minutes to chat with Rick instead of sitting him on the bench of destiny on the corner of karma and tragedy?
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—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
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Made By History, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
Space tourism is, at best, folly—silly, spectacularly wasteful, pointless by definition.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
Private spaces by definition exclude the public; our family's privacy deserves the same protection and respect as any other family in America.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
What could have been if Amrita, whose job by definition is an intuitive healer, had taken a few minutes to chat with Rick instead of sitting him on the bench of destiny on the corner of karma and tragedy?
4.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
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“By definition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20definition. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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