characteristic
Example Sentences
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As Jackson’s media prominence grew — including a cover photo on Time magazine in 1970 — tensions erupted between Jackson and SCLC, in part because of the sloppy bookkeeping that became a Jackson characteristic.
From Los Angeles Times
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
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