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characterize

[kar-ik-tuh-rahyz] / ˈkær ɪk təˌraɪz /


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City officials have sought to characterize the measure as closing a loophole that gave travel companies like Hotels.com and Trivago a discounted bed tax rate.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

"We were able to isolate an intermediate structure from our ruthenium complex formation reaction and characterize this with single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Surprisingly, we found the structure to be doubly ring-slipped," says Takebayashi.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Micheli said he draws a line at any depictions that characterize public officials as religious icons.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

“I would characterize our economic and trade relationship as stable,” Greer said about the U.S.-China relationship.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Royal Brougham thought long and hard about how to characterize what Bobby Moch had pulled off.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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