traits

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“Monet was an innovator, with a new way of seeing,” Govan said, noting that Thater shared those traits.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Intellectual figures from Plato to Machiavelli and Thomas Carlyle emphasized personal traits such as superior wisdom and exceptional moral character in choosing leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

But by developing genetic markers for particular traits - colour, shape, disease resistance, flowering longevity and so on - Floricultura and its competitors can try to speed up the process of selective breeding.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Potter fans have told me similar stories of imagining a place where the traits they were told made them aberrant in the Muggle world were prized and valued.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

To take the former first, human cultural traits vary greatly around the world.

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