characterize

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"We were able to isolate an intermediate structure from our ruthenium complex formation reaction and characterize this with single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Surprisingly, we found the structure to be doubly ring-slipped," says Takebayashi.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

If “Mija No Te Asustes” is an album about this confident boss man calling the shots, how would you characterize “Afterafter”?

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Since the Fed began issuing policy statements in 1994, such dissents over how to characterize the likely path of policy—as opposed to actual rate changes—have been rare.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

They characterize these authorities as an oppressive force, denying individuals the freedom to make their own choices, however unscientific, about healthcare.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

“Life...is a chemical incident,” Paul Ehrlich, the chemist, had once said, and biochemists, true to form, had begun to break open cells and characterize the constituent “living chemicals” into classes and functions.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee