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But, of course, evolution grew in exactly the opposite manner: many, many datapoints grew into a unified explanation, so even if they were to successfully show a problem with the definition of evolution, it would merely mean that the defintion is a flawed description of the explanation, not that the explanation, supported as it is by so many individual examples, is itself flawed.
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Now that broadcasting in high defintion is becoming more popular, there is a need for big antennas in high places.
Regulation and Housing Cost, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Damsel, by defintion, is a helpless fairy tale female that isn’t too bright and needs to be rescued by a big strong man.
The Early Word: Leftovers - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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In Old English (Saxon) “holding” as a defintion only exists in the suffix – dom and carries more a sense of ‘those things associated with’ thus a kingdom (cyne-dom) is translated as “the things which a king has” and wis-dom as ‘that thing which the wise possess’.
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But there is a long rhetorical tradition of decrying certain state actions as piracy in spite of the defintion.
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Its a matter of self-defintion versus someone wanting to foist a label upon you.
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You are COMPLETELY WRONG on two points the first being the defintion of enable which I posted.
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Actually handedness would have a hard time conforming to that defintion since it dealt specifically with sex.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Light at the End of the DADT Tunnel 2010
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Above are the only reasons I thought you being pejorative, LMAO ... yes the only reason I have the dictionary defintion of molest is becasue I had to look up "pejorative" and I miss you too Harlan.
Okay, I guess I owe Tracey an apology... Tyler 2009
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But there is a long rhetorical tradition of decrying certain state actions as piracy in spite of the defintion.
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