defining

RE the vocabulary section (translations for those asterisked word) I am asking readers for help in defining the French words.

façonner - French Word-A-Day 2009

"Semi-professional" is the term defining any program submitted by an employee or associate from a games-programming company.

ChessBase News 2008

Deleting a term defining major derivatives users, which calls for higher capital requirements and mandates that they clear their derivatives deals through transparent venues that require parties to post margin.

Apple, Whirlpool Among Companies Calling For Relaxed Standards For Wall Street 2010

Next, what he called the defining fight of his administration, rescuing the economy.

CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2009 2009

According to Professor Cox, "Despite its rationality, there can be little doubt that such thinking is" anti-American, "in that it condemns precisely what it identifies as the defining features of American society."

Is the United States of America Addicted to War? 2008

The U.S. ambassador said Iraq faces what he called a defining moment.

CNN Transcript Jan 15, 2007 2007

Cronyism is a term defining how the Bush administration hands out important government posts.

Cronyism Kills 2005

Canada's Conservative government announced Tuesday that it plans a permanent memorial in the nation's capital to commemorate next year's bicentennial of the War of 1812, which it calls a defining event in Canada's history.

The Seattle Times 2011

Canada's Conservative government announced Tuesday that it plans a permanent memorial in the nation's capital to commemorate next year's bicentennial of the War of 1812, which it calls a defining event in Canada's history.

SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By ROB GILLIES 2011

He had what he calls a defining moment when the principal confirmed that more than 60\% of the students couldn't read above the third-grade level.

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