by definition

Pre-election polls are never good at — nor were they designed to be good at — predicting turnout, and by definition can’t account for late deciders.

By definition, that meant there would be no primaries, open to popular Democrats like Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.

And TV news is always, by definition, presenting a limited version of whatever we're talking about.

Johnson confirmed later that there is a secret “that might help Donald Trump,” but noted that “by definition, a secret is not to be shared—and I don’t intend to share this one.”

“By definition, a secret is not to be shared — and I don’t intend to share this one,” the Louisiana Congressman told The Times.