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"The smell is like decaying wood being burned – that's the characteristic smell of peat. And that peat contains decomposed wood and organic material from many different sources."

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Then she saw on the monitor a characteristic “elbow” and realized that what she was seeing was much rarer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

But there's one characteristic that unites nearly all the children: they do not attend school.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Mr. Bird’s descriptions of the city’s interlocking directorates and family connections are revealing, but such networks are wholly characteristic of most urban establishments in America and around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

At the desk sat a young man who looked to be a full- blooded Ceald, with the characteristic ruddy complexion and dark hair and eyes.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

She also denied that physical characteristics such as weight or skin condition could disqualify applicants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

As this happens, the cancer cells lose some of their glandular characteristics and begin adopting other cellular identities.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

His PhD research involves analysing Boris's fur to compare how its characteristics could improve identification of animal hairs during investigations.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

When the scientists blocked a single receptor on these macrophages, multiple organs in mice retained more youthful characteristics.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

It is supervised by another Met Bong with similar features and characteristics, who is just as zealous a believer in the Angkar as my previous supervisor.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung