distinguishing feature

Example Sentences

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Inside the evening jacket of the disciplined concert artist lay an irreverent commentator on the absurdity of the world, who saw laughter as the distinguishing feature of humanity.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025

“His most distinguishing feature was his social empathy and imagination.”

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2023

This eliminates a distinguishing feature of how Meta has managed misinformation on its other apps.

From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2023

Of course the key distinguishing feature of Wisk is that there is no pilot.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2023

It is true that our color was not our distinguishing feature there, so much as the American- ness represented in our poor handle on French.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates