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Tetracyclic triterpenoids are plant chemicals characterized by a structure containing four interconnected rings.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
Sylvia’s early childhood environment was characterized by volatility and inconsistency.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Forecasters say there’s a 75% chance this latest El Niño — a climate pattern characterized by warmer ocean waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific — will be stronger than any other since 1950.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The current status of the economy could be best described as a big divergence characterized by domestic weakness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
By contrast, the working-class and poor children were characterized by “an emerging sense of distance, distrust, and constraint.”
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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