- present tense form of characterize (3rd person singular).
characterizes
Example Sentences
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The disarray and unsettledness that characterizes the end of this trial is unsatisfying but also in line with the whole of the Clancy saga.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Justice Alito characterizes Mr. Calabresi as “quite a brilliant originalist scholar” and clearly regards his analysis as an honest mistake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Griffin’s countersuit claims that the classmate’s lawsuit characterizes her as “a fraud and a thief.”
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Anadol Studio’s active creative partnership with Google deepened after Refik’s own more recent stays in the Sacred Village, taking advantage of what Neven characterizes as “the ethnobotanical knowledge that Indigenous tribes still possess.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
The total number of bits that characterizes an hour-long television program is about 1012.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
