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characterize

[kar-ik-tuh-rahyz] / ˈkær ɪk təˌraɪz /


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City officials have sought to characterize the measure as closing a loophole that gave travel companies like Hotels.com and Trivago a discounted bed tax rate.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

"We were able to isolate an intermediate structure from our ruthenium complex formation reaction and characterize this with single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Surprisingly, we found the structure to be doubly ring-slipped," says Takebayashi.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Since the Fed began issuing policy statements in 1994, such dissents over how to characterize the likely path of policy—as opposed to actual rate changes—have been rare.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

“I would characterize our economic and trade relationship as stable,” Greer said about the U.S.-China relationship.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

“A blood type that you would characterize as rare?”

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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