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  1. Defying

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of defying in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of defying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of defying in a Sentence

  1. Quentin Crisp:

    The young always have the same problem -- how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.

  2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

    The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea after which all his facts are classified. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.

  3. Neil Saunders:

    After a year of defying gravity, the slowing economy and pressures on consumers have finally caught up with Home Depot, our data show that the number of improvement projects done by consumers fell over the prior year as people conserved cash for other activities over the holiday period.

  4. Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley:

    We are at a juncture now where we are in a public health crisis, probably bordering on a disaster, the days of continued education of what people already know and are defying intentionally are over. It was quite apparent that they were thumbing their noses at all the public health orders.

  5. Nikki Haley:

    This report highlights what we’ve been saying for months: Iran has been illegally transferring weapons in violation of multiple Security Council resolutions, the United States will continue to call out Iran’s dangerous actions, but the world cannot continue to allow these blatant violations to go unanswered. Iran needs to know that there are consequences for defying the international community.

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