- past tense form of characterize.
- past participle of characterize.
characterized
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The Kimbell has a generous 17 Nadar portraits in its exhibition; they are characterized by their plain backdrops and the lack of tacky props other portraitists used.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Researchers had yet to isolate stable organic oxoboranes, molecules characterized by a triple bond between boron and oxygen.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
On the other side of macroeconomic spectrum, economists have characterized the US labor market by the phrase "low-hire, low-fire" -- stable, but with little chance for growth or movement for most people.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Almost a century had passed by the time Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and the Voting Rights Act in 1965, a period characterized by subjugation and violence by the white majority.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026
Almost all that can be known with certainty about this initial group is that it belonged to a diverse, four-thousand-year-old tradition characterized by the construction of large earthen mounds.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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