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distinguishing feature



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A distinguishing feature is that on each hand, the possum's fourth finger is twice the length of other digits, which scientists say help it dig out wood-boring insect larvae, it's main source of food.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

But the distinguishing feature of McCrimmon’s performance is that it brings us closer to the real Fanny Brice, the vaudeville comedian who struck it big in the Ziegfeld Follies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024

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

From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2023

But the biggest distinguishing feature of the current situation isn’t Feinstein’s sex.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023

He had a point, and this is indeed a distinguishing feature of real science.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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