How to Use by definition in a Sentence

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• Cheese curds by definition, the best cheese curd is a fresh curd right out of the vat.
  — Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2023
• So that's an awful lot to have done in what is, by definition, the worst year of my life.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2023
• The buyer of a house is, by definition, wealthy at the time of purchase; the seller may be house rich and cash poor.
  — Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2023
• And that's the problem: A town square, by definition, can't be a business.
  — Justin Pot, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2022
• Then there are the people who think the old days were better by definition.
  — Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
• Rare by definition, such things grow more elusive by the day.
  — Michelle Orange, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
• Sure, there are plenty of options that could work, but a beach bag by definition is a tote.
  — Ashley W. Simpson, Robb Report, 11 May 2023
• One answer is that the new, in every field, flowers out of the old; the radical, by definition, has roots.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
• Noreika noted that the terms of the diversion deal were by definition outside the terms of the guilty plea deal.
  — Perry Stein, Devlin Barrett and Matt Viser, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2023
• Classics, by definition, have aged, and some parts of these books aged badly.
  — Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2023
• Since in this era the head of a household was by definition the male spouse, husband easily applied to the latter role too.
  — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2022
• The ticket gets you access to a sporting event, one in which the outcome and the nature of it is uncertain by definition.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• Beauty fads, by definition, come and go, slipping in and out of style over time, in a blur of nostalgia and regret.
  — Jolene Edgar, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 June 2023
• If a film could be ultra-mediocre — a paradox by definition — then this one is.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
• Facebook Show more sharing options Sez Me … While not our prodigal sons by definition, the best of them do leaveth.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
• In this simple mental model, coastal cities have less room and thus, by definition, attract the elite.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
• Any player taken at No. 26 is, by definition, a first-rounder.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2023
• That presents the ideal scenario for entrepreneurs, who by definition take risks and solve problems.
  — Dr. Eric George, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• As one must, to be honest, to do a documentary, by definition a labor of love.
  — Bob Guccione Jr, SPIN, 15 June 2023
• And could that include an issue with contraception if the pieces of the embryo live inside of us or outside of the womb by definition?
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024
• The work here is by definition never done, and there are plenty of policy and practice shifts that could make things better.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
• But, in some sense, to get out of a black hole, by definition information is traveling faster than light.
  — Quanta Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
• Enter the flip flop, which by definition is a sandal with little arch support.
  — Christian Gollayan, menshealth.com, 25 May 2023
• Plus, minimalist crafts and DIY projects are by definition easy to make!
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 14 Dec. 2022
• But then by definition, people in your orbit have something to gain by being attached to that.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024
• The problem has been that that by definition, what the statute is aimed at is classified information.
  — CBS News, 25 Jan. 2023
• Szabo said the law’s rules forcing platforms to verify the age of users under the age of 18 would, by definition, also result in the verifying the ages of users over the age of 18.
  — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2023
• One thing to note: Accessory dwelling units are, by definition, for dwelling.
  — Kaitlin Petersen, House Beautiful, 1 Mar. 2023
• Those, by definition, reflect the recent past, but the outlook too is extremely grim.
  — Kevin A. Hassett, National Review, 19 Oct. 2023
• Fiction is almost by definition speculative —but speculative to degrees, and sci-fi is definitely at the far end of one of those degrees.
  — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Sep 2024