The phrase "a defining time for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant period that shapes or influences a situation, event, or individual.
Example: "The 1960s were a defining time for civil rights movements in the United States."
Alternatives: "a pivotal moment for" or "a crucial period for".
One way or another it could be a defining time for him.
"Vietnam was such a defining time for those of us of that generation -- everybody was caught up in it," said Vincent McGowan, who serves on the mayor's Veterans Advisory Board and is the founding president of the Manhattan chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America.
I too think this time is a defining time for a couple of generations of spenders who never knew this could happen.
It helps to establish a defined time for staff to learn about the project, train in data collection if they are to assist, and ask questions and provide feedback.
Considering this, the main effectiveness measure which is directly related with our outcome of interest, for this economic evaluation was "number of patients receiving clinical specialist services within a defined time of clinical specialists spent for this purpose".
To begin with, repatriation is a name for a proposal to allow a lower tax rate for a defined time period for U.S. companies seeking to bring money earned overseas back into the United States.
The VOT is a provocative test in which StO2 is measured on a distal site, such as the thenar eminence, whilst a transient rapid vascular occlusion is performed, using a sphygmomanometer, for either a defined time interval (for example, 3 minutes) or until the StO2 decreases to a defined minimal threshold.
In contrast, blood intended for the generation of serum needs to clot at room temperature for a defined time, usually >30 min (for details see section " The handling of whole blood after drawing").
The film invites the viewer into a great act of reconciliation among those left behind, giving them a defined time and space for an essential mourning, twenty-five yeafterfthe tragedygedy of Cobain's death.
Alternatively, this difference may be explained because our criteria for defining hardcore smokers did not require smokers to have smoked for a defined time period (Jarvis stipulated smoking for the last five years).
In explicitly dynamic problems, unlike implicitly dynamic problems, facilities can be opened or closed several times for a defined time horizon.
