characterize
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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
There is no other way to characterize that other than as a disappointment.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
"By capturing the faint light emitted by this filament, which traveled for just under 12 billion years to reach Earth, we were able to precisely characterize its shape," explains Davide Tornotti.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
Because a blockade is recognized in international law as an act of war, governments more often characterize their efforts to isolate an adversary as sanctions, embargoes or quarantines that suggest narrower goals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
“These children are horrible,” Tolstoy shortly observed, thus displaying the deep insight into human nature that would characterize his later work.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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