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character

[kar-ik-ter] / ˈkær ɪk tər /




NOUN
portrayal of another
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Allison’s publisher thinks it’s time to retire the beloved fictional character, Selena St. Cloud.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

The nation’s capital was designed to mirror the character of the country.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

She went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music, and made her operatic debut and breakthrough role as a last minute stand-in as the character Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute in 1975.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Supporters of Nyong’o’s casting note that Helen of Troy is not a historical figure bound to a single visual interpretation, but a literary and symbolic character whose meaning has shifted across cultures and eras.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

This was quite out of character for a well-mannered Incorrigible, but not entirely out of character for an artist whose work has been so rudely unappreciated.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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