characteristically

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Preoccupied as he may be regarding his time left on Earth, Brock characteristically pivots to a kind of hesitant sanguinity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

King died on Wednesday after "a courageous and characteristically determined battle with colon cancer", the Mobo Organisation said in a statement.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

De Meo, seeming satisfied, later said it had been a characteristically direct intervention from someone like him, arriving with his proverbial big boots rather than ideals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

What’s Next: It will take time to ramp up production, but Musk’s timeline for the Terafab is characteristically aggressive, with initial semiconductor production projected for late 2027 and volume production for 2028.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

He tries, characteristically, to cover up his past record.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey