characteristics
Example Sentences
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Uber and Lyft have denied using individual driver characteristics to set wages, yet Mabrey said both companies are lobbying against the bill.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
Finn and his Danish relatives had similar physical characteristics to the UK couple - light eyes and brown hair, an extended family tree showed.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
"The main argument for obtaining PDO status for feta was that the milk comes from animals that graze freely in pastures full of native herbs, which gives the milk unique characteristics," said Onasoglou.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
When cities and states “openly discriminate in hiring on the basis of race and sex and other characteristics, that’s illegal and we should take it head on.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
The physical and mental characteristics that had so entranced Galton—height, weight, beauty, intelligence—were merely the outer shadows of genetic characteristics lurking underneath.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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