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characterization

[kar-ik-ter-uh-zay-shuhn, -truh-zay-] / ˌkær ɪk tər əˈzeɪ ʃən, -trəˈzeɪ- /






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The researchers next used time-resolved characterization methods at the University of Geneva to identify the best experimental conditions and timescales for the X-ray measurements.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Corey Riday-White, managing attorney for the nonprofit Center for Climate Integrity, disputes that characterization.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Life Surge has strongly disputed the characterization of its business as predatory.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Guilfoyle’s lawyer disputed the characterization of the exchange.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

In different forms Bancroft’s characterization was carried into the next century.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

But we should also realize that the engineers who are so ready to offer grim characterizations of what they’ve created are much less willing to make any substantial process overhauls.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026

But the characterizations are too flimsy, the world only moderately textured.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

Still, it is loved best for the characterizations of the four March sisters, who are endowed with bright, individual personalities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

He adopts colorful characterizations in classic begging-the-question fashion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

This was the decision that caused Hamilton to repeat his earlier characterizations of Burr as the unprincipled American Catiline, which in turn generated the newspaper reports containing the offensive word “despicable.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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