characterize
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Characterize it as you will, José Hernández has it by the boatload.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023
Characterize the situation more as the roster needs to account for a few traditional center services to play small ball effectively.
From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2018
Characterize his proposals however you will, but one word can describe Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s state of the city speech on Thursday: chutzpah.
From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2012
Q. Characterize briefly the system under which the American people live.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Characterize the instruction in arithmetic, geometry, and geography during the early Middle Ages.
From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 1
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