distinctively

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By the time they were done, the timber that remained looked distinctively shrublike.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

But he concluded that birthright citizenship was by now distinctively American.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

Its distinctively Italian style began to influence the way the fashionable dressed.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

That’s why, McKinney says, motels like the Red Apple and William Tell chose to brand themselves so distinctively.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

But because the audit studies can’t measure the actual life outcomes of the fictitious DeShawn Williams versus Jake Williams, they can’t assess the broader impact of a distinctively black name.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt