characteristically
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Parton's 2022 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame marked a characteristically self-aware turn.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Musk was characteristically optimistic: His goal is to make humanity a multi-planetary species.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Asked about her most recent comments during a ministerial visit on Wednesday, Swinney was characteristically restrained.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
But, characteristically, he also frequently continued to stretch the limits of his music.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
And therefore when those same frenzied Virginians who were writing Madison about the fatal curse of assumption also wrote him, he was even less supportive, though characteristically elusive.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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