characteristic
Example Sentences
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The president has made the case for himself publicly several times, with characteristic understatement.
An amendment to the Crimes and Policing Bill will mean a crime is aggravated if a victim is targeted because of those characteristics, and will carry a higher penalty.
From BBC
"We have lost one of our region's defining characteristics, a symbolic asset," Puglia's regional president Antonio Decaro told reporters at the site on Monday.
From BBC
Venezuela stands out because of the scale of its reserves and the characteristics of its crude, said Babin — a combination that differentiates it from many other global basins.
From MarketWatch
Car and Driver magazine said of the rare six-cylinder, “it takes on the characteristic Ferrari sounds despite having only half the number of cylinders.”
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