distinctive
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Using cross-polarized light imaging, the researchers were able to identify distinctive features that revealed the fossils had been misclassified for years.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
You’re known for your genre blending, which says a lot since K-pop itself is known for genre blending and its distinctive elements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
By the end of last year, EsDeeKid's monthly listens on Spotify had "skyrocketed", external, which Dazed said had "half of Europe rapping in his distinctive scouse accent".
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
You can soak up Genoa’s distinctive atmosphere at any time, however, by walking through its medieval historic center, marked by narrow streets called caruggi, which can be less than 3 feet wide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Finally the new science was given a distinctive identity by a new language of facts, theories, hypotheses and laws.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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The Giver
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