characteristically
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We met at a rehearsal studio in Midtown Manhattan last month during a period when Adams was, characteristically, juggling multiple projects.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 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
Throughout the show, Winkleman is characteristically self-deprecating, thanking her guests "for coming on the first and possibly last show".
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Cannon’s additional reasons to suppress Volume II—beyond her insistence that Smith had no power to compile or submit it—were characteristically incoherent.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026
And therefore when those same frenzied Virginians who were writing Madison about the fatal curse of assumption also wrote him, he was even less supportive, though characteristically elusive.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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