characterizes

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Lauren Bauer, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, characterizes the job market not so much as weaker for men so much as it is much better for women.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

“I Shot Andy Warhol” characterizes Solanas in a way that neither the press nor her manifesto could.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

What it characterizes, again, completely without precedent, as core powers of the presidency among which it lists pardons.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

The lawsuit characterizes this as “an effort to quietly address the dangerous condition of the campus without publicly acknowledging the failures that led to J.M.’s near drowning.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

There is none of the humor or wordplay or cleverness that characterizes Sesame Street.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell