Sentences with word «defies»

«the book, like the band, defies expectations and proves to be accessible, entertaining and thought - provoking.

Bitcoin Defies the Banking System Bitcoin lets you have your private bank in your electronic wallet.

Incredible — it almost defies economics.

Bitcoin blew past $ 9,700 just a week after topping $ 8,000 and approached its closest ever to five figures, gaining mainstream market attention as it defies bubble warnings

But Trump sometimes defies — and even resents — the new structure.

United States Trump says campaign funds were not used to pay adult - film star, Reuters Trump could end protected status for Hondurans, «condemning them to total misery», The Guardian International Iran will not renegotiate nuclear deal: foreign minister, Reuters EU defies Tory Brexiters in leaked plan to retain Westminster offices, The Guardian

Gamification defies expectations in this regard, too.

So much of their fake profession is only to justify massive fraud upon the public it defies common sense why anyone still listens to them.

It began with founder and chairman Chip Wilson's sense of a market that even after 12 years defies explanation in an elevator pitch: clothing that is functional but also fashionable, designed for athletic use but often worn for other purposes, appealing to a New Age, anti-consumer aesthetic while occupying pricey real estate in shopping meccas, and all the while pushing a potpourri of empowering self - help messages.

And most important, there will be modest but real GDP growth — between 2.6 % and 2.8 % in the U.S., higher in emerging economies — as a resilient world defies fears of a China - driven crash.

But nevertheless, it defies all logic.

«Chairman Pai's proposal, if implemented, represents the end of net neutrality as we know it and defies the will of millions of Americans who support the 2015 Open Internet Order.

Because the managers are free to invest in a variety of opportunities, EJB defies easy definition.

Quantum computing defies understanding in part because it's not just insanely complicated; it also doesn't obey any of the laws of physics we encounter in our daily lives.

For instance, if a witness refuses to testify and defies a judge's order, the judge may have the witness jailed until he or she complies.

Think of it as a kind of vacuum energy permeating the fabric of spacetime that defies measure.»

While the North American Meat Institute called the study a «dramatic and alarmist overreach» that «defies common sense,» the American Association of Meat Processors said that the report «did not consider meat's nutrition benefits in assigning its classification.»

It defies at least three rules of conventional CEO wisdom.

The detection is considered to be the discovery of the century, and even defies Einstein's expectations, who first predicted the existence of gravitational waves but never dreamed that we'd have the technology to measure them.

Much about the Mendiburus defies expectations.

«Their courage almost defies imagination,» President Obama said at a ceremony recently honoring 24 such heroes whose awards were delayed for years because of prejudice and bureaucratic ineptitude.

Crude defies expectations following Donald Trump's presidential victory.

Their mindset on financial matters defies logic so I'm just going to call it what it is: magical thinking.

But beyond the latest tech product on the market, many companies in the region are turning their creative minds inward toward a whole new challenge — building a workplace that defies traditional human resources models and helps engage and empower all employees.

In reality, nothing is so complex that it defies understanding.

But AT&T's CEO, Randall Stephenson, said during a press conference late Monday the government's argument «defies logic.»

Instead, you might think of Steve Jobs unveiling the first iPod, the funky beanbags in Google's unique office space or a building made of glass that defies the laws of gravity.

It defies belief that this company could compete with a few other WA - listed players for the title of shortest - lived float.

Phones are otherwise a unique category of gadget that defies the fundamentals of Moore's Law, whose expanded meaning states that the performance of electronics is exponentially improving while the cost and therefore the price is decreasing along a similar trajectory.

For example, the company's Happy Amber is hoppier than a standard amber, its Gnarly Brown tastes like a mix between a brown ale and a porter, and its Identity Crisis beer almost defies categorization.

This CEO of the Year award is a testament to a mind that thinks in decades, not months or years, and often defies industry trends.

Here is a comic - book movie that defies all the rules of comic - book movies, but at the same time, loves the fact that it is one.

Gurley calls it a dangerous market because it defies the forces of supply and demand that govern other marketplaces.

But it was her turn as the tough - talking princess who defies the Evil Empire in «Star Wars» two years later that rocketed her into fame and turned her into a feminist icon at the tender age of 19.

They have a burning passion for what they do, a love for it that defies logic.

Why would the State government NOT want $ Billions worth invested in Perth, and jobs created????????? Defies logic.

VC Bill Gurley is optimistic about health care even though it defies the forces of supply and demand.

Each December, Inc. picks a Company of the Year — one that defies the odds, remakes the status quo, and exemplifies a movement that's transforming its patch of the business world.

Moreover, the notion that we should harden them — that we should turn the peace and tranquility of everyday life into a showcase of defensive armor — defies the very spirit of American freedom.

While this defies the modern ethos of the tech industry, we have a responsibility to prevent the majority of unlikely and unwanted outcomes before they occur.

They happened at so many so - called soft targets that the notion that we can harden all of them, or most of them, simply defies reason.

Defy Ventures runs business plan competitions and has people like us who attend and give business advice and feedback.

I this all sounds like psycho - babble but I promise you that if you'll commit just one day of your life to go to prison with the team at Defy Ventures you will feel profoundly moved, you will feel deeply human and you will feel the calling to do more.

Last October, Catalonia's leaders defied the Spanish government by holding an independence referendum; 90 % of Catalans voted sí (although only 42 % of registered voters went to the polls).

I watched this man who has been incarcerated for 20 - or - so years get down on his knees and re-propose to his wife and promised her to be a better man and stay true to the Defy mission upon graduation.

Defy Ventures has given me my humanity back.

Like in 1989, when, two months after her husband's inauguration, she visited a residential home for babies infected with AIDS and publicly kissed a child and hugged an adult diagnosed with HIV, defying the conventional wisdom at the time that the disease was contagious.

On September 10th of this year I spent an entire day in California State Prison at the California City Correctional Facility with people who had committed felonies and worked with them on business plans to help them create legal enterprise upon their release as part of Defy Ventures 6 - month training program.

Thanks to Defy Ventures, people convicted of crimes are fighting to earn a new label: Entrepreneur.

And then Defy encourages every member to create a business plan for a business that they can launch upon release with an emphasis on tangible businesses that can be cashflow positive in just 3 months.