distinctive

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These structures form when communities of microbes grow across sediment, leaving behind distinctive patterns.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

"Morally, politically and diplomatically, China is providing comprehensive support with the hope that Pakistan can play a more distinctive role."

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Along with her distinctive voice, Robyn has great taste in collaborators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"One of Monaco's distinctive features is a kind of positive secularism, which recognises the legitimate autonomy of the spiritual and temporal spheres," Guillaume Paris, a senior clergyman in Monaco, told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Nowadays, however, style is used loosely to mean the distinctive way a thing is done in any field of human endeavor.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson