by default

prep_phrase

Definitions

  1. In absence of any opposing action.

    • If we don't do something, they'll win by default.
    • No one could think of a better name, so we chose "Strawman" by default.
    • If he wins an election, it will only be by default.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for by default. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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