characteristic
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That regeneration power, said Ramzy Mardini, the founder of Geopol Labs, a Middle East-based geopolitical risk advisory firm, is the central and most important characteristic of the axis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Scientists do not currently agree on exactly what belongs in that category, a problem Kennedy summarized with characteristic bluntness: “If you can’t define a problem, you can’t solve it.”
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
El-Sayed is eager to face Rogers, predicting, with characteristic moxie, that in the future, if “you say ‘Mike Rogers,’ it’ll be like: ‘Remember when Abdul just completely demolished that man’s political future?’
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Instead of relying only on the planet's visible brightness, the scientists isolated narrow molecular signals that are characteristic of a planetary atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
She swallowed and clenched her fists; he did not know, yet, how characteristic it was of her.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
The researchers tested different combinations of globular cluster characteristics and possible dark matter distributions to determine which scenarios could reproduce the stream's observed appearance.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
He said Cash App was developing Tags before TikTok magic-wand videos went mainstream, as the company was looking for ways to take the unique characteristics of the Cash App debit card “to the next level.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
"Some regions throughout the Adriatic have particular characteristics that led local populations to develop a specific shipbuilding style," said Charrié.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
But Schlittler was tall, standing a 6-foot-6, and he had other physical and mechanical characteristics that led the Yankees to believe he could throw harder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Obtaining Personal Information The name of the game in statistics is the inferring of information about a large population by examining characteristics of a small, randomly selected sample.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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