Through most of its 42-year lifespan, it has been defined by clear objectives, all now accomplished.
In many ways, this series has been defined by each team's supporting cast, for better or worse.
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This year, the team has been defined by near misses and close calls.
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Once a problem has been defined by a category of solution it is difficult to break out of that category.
Binge drinking, which is most commonly association with young people, has been defined as drinking double the daily recommended units.
This is, of course, hardly the first time that French policy towards the United States has been defined by balance-of-power considerations.
Historically, Nokia has been defined as much (if not more) by its platforms than by its hardware, which lacks Samsung's capability for end-to-end in-house sourcing.
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That is a critical piece of information for identity thieves, just like a social security number, and has been defined as PII by our government.
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Thus, the Kirchner era has been defined by a number of supporting intellectuals in Argentina as a new era of recovery of new spaces and new discourse.
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In addition to the advantages described later in this release, the new technology has been defined with a goal of simplifying migration and enabling adoption of an industry-wide standard.
This is a formidable lobby in the Pacific north-west, which has been defined to a remarkable degree by 16 huge dams that blockade the Columbia river and its principal tributary, the Snake.
"For as long as I've known Jason Collins he has been defined by three things: his passion for the sport he loves, his unwavering integrity, and the biggest heart you will ever find, " Kennedy said.
The main argument used in favour of TPP in Japan has been defined in negative terms: that without it, Japanese firms will be hard-pressed to compete with South Korean ones benefiting from their country's myriad free-trade deals of late.
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What no one dares stop calling the Special Relationship has been defined down the years by images - Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher dancing, George W Bush joking about sharing Colgate with a grinning Tony Blair squeezed into crotch hugging chinos and years later spinning a be-suited and grim-faced Gordon Brown around in a golf buggy.
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But it has long been defined by its namesake soda and its rivalry with Coca-Cola.
Since marriage has traditionally been defined as between and man and woman, many find other conceptualizations difficult.
In the West, and especially the U.S., online advertising has been narrowly defined as display (banner) and search advertising.
"The core of the squad has already been defined, " Jozic revealed.
For this reason, the foreign tax credit has never been defined as a subsidy by any administration or Congress in any comprehensive study examining energy tax policy.
Following an eight-year term that has been entirely defined by one of the biggest crisis in the history of the U.S., Nagin says he anticipates his exit with relief.
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"The challenge now is to pick up the new role, which has not been defined adequately as yet, and to make sure I add value to the work of the police and the work of crime reduction, " he told BBC Wales.
And I think your question in a way makes his point, which is that he has led on this issue in a way that I think leadership has often been defined in Washington, which is making decisions that are difficult politically within your own party.
The best expression has been the adaptation of the suit-which has now been developed and defined to feel fresh again.
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The biggest setback has been in private defined-benefit schemes, which pay pensions linked to years of service and final salaries.
Mr Blair's 16-month tenure was characterised by in-fighting with the CIA. Critics maintain that the task of overseeing America's intelligence community has never been clearly defined since the creation of the office of DNI in 2005.
The week that is about to conclude has once again been defined by the ebb and flow (more the former rather than the latter) of Fedspectations and by the absence of decent physical gold demand from key markets.
Pentagon spokesman George Little said the role of the U.S. military in Niger "has not yet been defined" -- but Niger's ambassador to the United States, Maman Sidikou, told CNN that his government has agreed to let U.S. drones operate from its territory.
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Japan has long been known as a market defined by an insider business culture with a low presence of independent directors and minimal accountability to shareholders.
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The Asda employees, mainly managerial and administrative staff, will join the defined contribution scheme that has been on offer to new recruits since 2005.
This decline represents the realization that some as-yet-to-be-defined value in the future has been lost.
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