- present participle of characterize.
characterizing
Example Sentences
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"CMDR's laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art chemical instrumentation for quantifying and characterizing microplastics in environmental samples," explains Lynch.
From Science Daily • Jun. 28, 2026
So do the bubblelike conditions that seem to be characterizing the U.S. stock market and private credit market.
From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026
The shift came further into view on Friday, when three Fed bank presidents released statements explaining why they had objected on Wednesday to language characterizing the central bank’s next likely move as a cut.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
The back-and-forth became increasingly heated as Kennedy also peppered Noem for characterizing Good and Pretti as domestic terrorists.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
The Peruvian government’s clinics and doctors, who had never warmed to Socios en Salud, began characterizing the organization as a group of interfering outsiders.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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