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He characterized China's approach as building monopoly positions on magnets and other elements, calling it "a rather sinister and hostile move, to say the least."

Instead, Xi stuck to the careful approach that has characterized China’s climate policies since the Paris accord was signed.

A statement from the California Department of Education characterized the results as “modest increases at a higher rate than the year prior, suggesting growing momentum.”

The writer Jia Tolentino characterized it as “what a ballerina might do if you concussed her and then made her snort caffeine pills.”

The U.S. banking system is increasingly characterized by having fewer, and bigger, lenders.