characteristic

She is beautiful and desirable, but her sexuality isn’t the defining characteristic of her existence — something we don’t see enough when it comes to Latina roles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Dodgers actually hit into three double plays Sunday — an entirely characteristic plot point for an older, slower team that hit into a league-leading 128 double plays this season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The added scattering produced by these interactions is responsible for the characteristic flattening and eventual increase in electrical resistance.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Each group had a characteristic pattern of brain connectivity and associated symptoms:

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Of course, Miss Katherine,” I say, slipping into the characteristic speech patterns of an uneducated serving girl.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

It remained effective even when the immune characteristics of donor cells did not match those of the recipient.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Together, these anatomical characteristics indicated that the fossil represented a previously unidentified dinosaur.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Scharp identified eight characteristics of estrangement, or areas in which adult children who are pulling away from their parents change their behaviors or feelings:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The crew also conducted nutrition-focused research and examined how physical characteristics may affect blood flow during spaceflight to help keep astronauts safe and healthy on future missions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

I did not speak the language of biology or understand the characteristics that grouped one shark with another.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen