characteristically

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King died on Wednesday after "a courageous and characteristically determined battle with colon cancer", the Mobo Organisation said in a statement.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

But, characteristically, he also frequently continued to stretch the limits of his music.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

De Meo, seeming satisfied, later said it had been a characteristically direct intervention from someone like him, arriving with his proverbial big boots rather than ideals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

What’s Next: It will take time to ramp up production, but Musk’s timeline for the Terafab is characteristically aggressive, with initial semiconductor production projected for late 2027 and volume production for 2028.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

If Sam and Joe had turned their new interest outward, Jesse and Eric characteristically went the more solitary route, obsessing over hardware, code, hacking, and games.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz