characteristic
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In one sense, it’s a simple and catchy tune, but backing vocals, toy piano, woodwinds and percussion give it the stuffed sonic maximalism characteristic of the group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The investigation also provided important clues about pancreatic cancer's ability to hide from the immune system, a characteristic that may help explain why the disease often responds poorly to immunotherapy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
Patients must meet certain criteria for a diagnosis: a combination of clinical symptoms and lesions characteristic of MS that show up on an MRI scan of the brain and spinal cord.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
They are one of the characteristic features of Alzheimer's and have long been investigated for their role in the disease.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
We can readily understand Michelangelo’s discomfort, for Titian has rephrased his sculpture in utterly sensuous terms through the painterly application of sonorous color that is characteristic of his work.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
The inhabitants of Middle-earth—hobbits, dwarves, elves, Black Riders, wizards—come to us with characteristics not common to other species, including our own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Simply appearing to be Latino and working class is insufficient, Frimpong wrote, even if a person shares those characteristics with an identified target.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Scientists are investigating several possible biomarkers, which are measurable biological characteristics that could improve diagnostic assessments or help distinguish different groups within the autism spectrum.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
The charity Changing Faces, external estimates there are about five million people in the UK affected by a visible difference including skin conditions or characteristics that set an individual apart from the conventional societal norm.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
If the gene was the central currency of biological information, then major characteristics of the living world—not just heredity—should be explicable in terms of genes.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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