characteristic
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"Although I haven't gone 12 rounds and I haven't taken one on the chin, I don't think that's a characteristic you need to become a heavyweight champion," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
On first listen, “I Must Be Dreaming” seems like the Alabama Shakes’ characteristic musical stew—bluesy garage-rock infused with touches of soul—with the addition of experimentation carried over from Ms. Howard’s solo work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Instead, it has a characteristic dark collar marking.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
Raga-s are made up of short characteristic patterns that often show up in compositions.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
While Robinson and Archer can operate as swing bowlers as well as bowling their more natural seam, this current group's variety comes more from their plans and their specific characteristics.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
"Classifying cancers based on their cellular characteristics, not their locations, has led to new and improved treatments. We hope the same will be true for depression and other psychiatric or brain diseases."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
They called the court’s attention to Pike’s “individual physical characteristics that include, but are not limited to, Thrombocytopenia/Thrombocytosis, Bipolar disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, hyperlipidemia, and small veins that make insertion of a needle difficult.”
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 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
He’d gotten pretty good at keeping his characters consistent, at developing their unique characteristics and his own style.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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