Parents, however, may be defying some of those trends, which could be good news for owners of children's stores.
Convention has been defied.
Conventions were defied and major novelties devised.
"He's defied odds before".
Statistical significance was defied as P < 0.05.
In the present study, the previously mentioned drawbacks were defied.
The same, at a lighter level, is true of Piazzolla's vibrant music: however incongruous the cause in which its passion and dignity may be enlisted, I defy you not to savour every life-enhancing note.
If these firms, therefore, fail to disclose their environmental performance, environmental pressure groups, NGO's, government and the general public may mount pressure on them, because they may be perceived as defying the social contract.
It has sold some South American and Canadian assets to Brazilian miner Vale for $1.6 billion, suggesting it may be able to defy skepticism and sell off assets to cut its debt without issuing new shares.
