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"The smell is like decaying wood being burned – that's the characteristic smell of peat. And that peat contains decomposed wood and organic material from many different sources."

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Although the photographs share the unnerving intensity characteristic of his films, Lynch understood the two disciplines as distinct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

But there's one characteristic that unites nearly all the children: they do not attend school.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Mr. Bird’s descriptions of the city’s interlocking directorates and family connections are revealing, but such networks are wholly characteristic of most urban establishments in America and around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

The bit about the ghost trying to look at itself in the river of death is a subtle touch which is quite characteristic of him and quite unlike any Greek writer.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

It is legal to hire based on looks as long as it isn’t tied to one of those protected characteristics, and physical attractiveness has always featured prominently in fashion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Studies of those earlier visitors also uncovered unusual characteristics.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

"In my project, I examined Boris's hair at a microscopic level, assessing the characteristics of the hairs and investigating whether there was any variation across different areas of the body."

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

A senior administration official said that conversations about the spiritual implications, and even the potential supernatural characteristics, of the technology aren’t infrequent among staff working on AI policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

“Maybe the principal characteristics that made Coke distinctive, like its bite, consumers now describe as harsh,” the company’s head of American operations, Brian Dyson, said at the time.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell