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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. 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.

  2. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

    In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law ... That would lead to anarchy. An individual who breaks a law that his conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.

  3. 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.

  4. Steve Vladeck:

    One of two things is true: Either this kind of blind, rigid, context-free, and common-sense-defying assessment of history is exactly what the Supreme Court intended in its landmark ruling last June in Bruen, or it isn’t.

  5. Kenji Shibuya:

    The government of Japan is getting close to declaring a 'state of emergency' but even if so, no penalty for defying requests to stay home.

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