The word "quantum" gained currency in the late 20th century as a descriptor signifying something so significant it defied the use of common adjectives.
These preferences are obviously "within reason", as a 4-foot-long freak-pistol, or a 12-inch-long long gun are impractical and defy the intended use of the specific weapons.
London's biggest minicab company and Transport for London (TfL) are on collision course after the company's chairman instructed his 4,000 drivers to defy the law and use bus lanes.
Yet in Spellings' memo, she seemed to suggest the university system has no idea whether it will punish trans students who defy the law, and use the bathroom or locker room that matches the gender they identify with.
Similarly, the patois used in hip-hop was originally used to defy the same enemies, the argot defined by clever puns, rapid rhyming couplets, blink-and-you-miss-it wordplay and don't-give-a-toss attitude set to an insistent beat.
The celebrity gardener Bob Flowerdew was shocked by the violent reaction when he said he would defy the government and continue to use peat to nurture finicky plants like azaleas.
Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera, 25, says he initially struggled to earn Louis van Gaal's trust this season because he used to defy the manager's wishes by chasing the ball too much.
This Thursday, Hof will be hosting a Reddit Ask Me Anything about the film and about the methods of training and meditation he uses to defy the laws of science.
Without the common purpose of the war in France, Henry's cousin Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, and Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, used their networks to defy the crown.
These results show that NHST continues to be used in ways that defy the guidelines as proposed by the Task Force on Statistical Inference (Wilkinson and Task Force on Statistical Inference, 1999) and the last two versions of the APA Publication Manual American Psychological Associationn, 2001, 2010).
