distinctiveness

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The “bar for distinctiveness this year—and every year—is unapologetically high,” Bob Sternfels, McKinsey’s global managing partner, wrote in a memo to staff announcing the new partners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

The tension between preserving Jewish distinctiveness and engaging with the rest of society isn’t new.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024

Momofuku cites its product’s popularity, media coverage and favorable online reviews as evidence of its chili crunch’s "distinctiveness."

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2024

Furthermore, gene expression analysis also revealed the absence of segmental expression of somitogenesis-related genes, indicating their distinctiveness from somites.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2024

Despite its distinctiveness even in East Asia at that time, Jomon Japan was not a completely isolated universe.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond