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characterization

[kar-ik-ter-uh-zey-shuhn, -truh-zey-] / ˌkær ɪk tər əˈzeɪ ʃən, -trəˈzeɪ- /






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Hiremath said in an email that he strongly disagreed with the characterization and said it was inappropriate to divulge board deliberations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Last year, Meta slashed 3,600 jobs, saying the cuts were performance-based, though some workers pushed back against that characterization.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Aside from their ability to form stable hybrid organic-inorganic crystals, they initially attracted little attention and were largely set aside after basic characterization.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

That’s a good characterization of private credit today.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

That characterization describes perfectly the course of the relationship between Strauss and Robert Oppenheimer.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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