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Characterizations of “the Chipotle lifestyle” range dramatically, and get ugly.

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2022

Characterizations of this type have been invaluable in the past.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2011

Characterizations of these men, by an unfriendly hand, may be seen at the end of Van Tienhoven's Answer to this Representation.

From Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)

Characterizations of Wordsworth also occur in the lecture “On the Living Poets” and in the Essay “On Genius and Common Sense” in “Table Talk.”

From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob