- past participle of characterize.
- past tense form of characterize.
characterized
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TotalEnergies said it benefited from a high-price environment characterized by historically high refining-margin levels and a favorable natural-gas market, and that its trading operations outperformed at levels comparable with the prior two quarters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
It certainly sounds as if something is afoot, which the Times characterized in fairly alarming terms:
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
Tetracyclic triterpenoids are plant chemicals characterized by a structure containing four interconnected rings.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
This group was characterized by relatively weak communication between brain regions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
The practice of re-enslavement was so widespread in some states that it was characterized in a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas Blackmon as Slavery by Another Name.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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