Sentence examples for prefer defining from inspiring English sources

Like my predecessor William Safire, I prefer defining acronym as "a pronounceable word created out of the initials or major parts of a compound term, like NATO, radar or TriBeCa".

Therefore, we prefer defining the whole area as LO and have not specified an AIv area in the mouse.

I would prefer defining FUE as a genomic unit encoding protein, protein domain, structural or regulatory RNA, or a control element with independent evolutionary history.

I prefer to define architecture broadly than to define it narrowly..

In a review co-authored with Giovanni Fontana on the definition of cough, he wrote: 'Cough is usually defined as a three-phase event, although for convenience, clinicians may prefer to define it only the expiratory expulsive efforts'.

Some philosophers prefer to define as analytic all statements whose denial would be self-contradictory, and to define the term synthetic as meaning "not analytic".

They would prefer to define what lies ahead as an international police action.

It's akin to staring straight into the eyes of God or the universe or exquisite love — however you prefer to define such oblique concepts.

I'd prefer to define myself on my own terms, and America has always let me do that, but certain anti-Americans aren't so kind: they insist that I be their worst nightmare or be nothing.

In contrast, a geneticist might prefer to define evolution as "any permanent change in genetic information".

Finally, SINR subscripts are in parentheses to emphasize the fact that the first user is preferred when defining beamforming weights.