distinguishing characteristic

Example Sentences

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That, after all, is perhaps Young’s most distinguishing characteristic.

From Washington Times • Jan. 23, 2023

In that time, my mustache became a distinguishing characteristic, soon followed by a goatee that would eventually, eventually, connect to my mustache and become a full beard.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2022

As a result, ocean-spanning supply chains, the distinguishing characteristic of the age of globalization, are failing at multiple points.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2021

Southern Arizona has a style of Mexican food all its own, one distinguishing characteristic being the use of homemade flour tortillas.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2018

The second distinguishing characteristic of these two examples is that in both cases little changes had big effects.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell