traits

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“Jared’s got the best traits from both me and Bradley,” said Trent, who just completed his first season in Knoxville, where he made the SEC All-Freshman team as a catcher.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Research done by senior market strategist Mike Webster at Investor’s Business Daily shows the most successful IPO base breakouts share two key traits: a major single-day price surge and heavy trading volume.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

While those rules explain how many genetic traits are passed from parents to offspring, scientists have also known that DNA sequences are not the whole story.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

The rural games are still held in the arena that bears the founder's name, after local attorney Robert Dover wanted to channel the competitive traits of residents.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Parents are supposed to pass down physical traits to their children, but it’s my belief that all sorts of other things get passed down, too: motifs, scenarios, even fates.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides