characterize
Example Sentences
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Because Australia doesn’t allow foreign bases on its soil, officials publicly characterize the coming U.S. deployments as rotational—but the preparations suggest U.S. submarines could be at Stirling for a while.
The acquisition comes as asset managers increase their bets in the booming sports industry, a category KKR said was “characterized by historical and expected long-term value appreciation and growing global demand.”
"The technological strategies evident in the stone tools likely played a crucial role in helping hominin populations adapt to the fluctuating environments that characterized the 90,000-year-period in Eastern Asia," Professor Petraglia said.
From Science Daily
Martin, however, characterized Apple’s move “as selling its soul/future to the devil.”
From MarketWatch
Shelter workers mentioned a previous bite but characterized it as a nip at the heels and “not a big deal,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
