characteristics

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Like Neapolitan pizza, the New York bagel has certain well-defined characteristics: rolled from a cold-fermented, high-gluten, low-hydration dough flavored with malt syrup, kettle-boiled, then baked.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

“We believe that we are strongly positioned to compete and win based on what is now nearly two decades of work on the functionality, characteristics, cost and presentation of plant-based inputs,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

However, over the decades, you learn work/life balance is an oxymoron and characteristics such as integrity and loyalty are often valued but rarely useful on a spreadsheet.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Stocks with these characteristics have outperformed a universe of the top 700 market cap stocks without these characteristics by a cumulative 500 percentage points since 1999.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

“Apparently you display some Divergent characteristics and you don’t display others,” she says.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth