characteristic
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“The defining characteristic of Starlink is that declining unit costs drive higher—not lower—economic productivity across the platform,” they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Petersen-Smith said that, in the context of the global war on terror, the term low boil is useful because it describes a type of second stage that has been characteristic of recent U.S. wars.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
In characteristic fashion, Stokes was in the middle of a tireless spell on Sunday, attempting to haul his team back into the third Test, when the news broke.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Hemani instead insists that courts examine not merely whether two laws share a surface characteristic but whether they target the same conduct, pursue the same objectives, and operate in roughly the same way.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
“Now standing erect without external support, his closed hands fixed firmly to his thighs, the kouros expresses the confident vitality that is characteristic of the best of his brothers.”
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
However, the fossil that led to the discovery of the new species was a recovered dorsal vertebra — a bone from the middle or upper back — which showed distinctive characteristics.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Many characteristics go into determining someone’s sex: chromosomes, reproductive organs, hormonal balances, secondary sex characteristics like breast tissue and body-hair distribution.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The set replicates the characteristics of the actual room in Albany, down to two heavily tasseled flags — one American, one New York state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
The team also estimated that the neutron star spins once every 4.2 milliseconds and possesses a magnetic field roughly 300 trillion times stronger than Earth's, both defining characteristics of a magnetar.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
The Avianca accident so perfectly illustrates the characteristics of the “modern” plane crash that it is studied in flight schools.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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