characterize
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Because a blockade is recognized in international law as an act of war, governments more often characterize their efforts to isolate an adversary as sanctions, embargoes or quarantines that suggest narrower goals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Both executives, interestingly, characterize Viking as in the business of marketing first, cruising second.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
And some experts predict that such an arrangement will characterize the regime in Iran a year or two from now.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Until job creation spreads well beyond healthcare, it would be hard to characterize the labor market as anything but lukewarm.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026
Like the changes in seed dispersal, these changes in germination inhibition characterize wheat, barley, peas, and many other crops compared with their wild ancestors.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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