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character

[kar-ik-ter] / ˈkær ɪk tər /




NOUN
portrayal of another
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His character in Netflix’s eight-part crime thriller, meanwhile, is cut from a different cloth.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

She says she was pleasantly surprised by "an army" of people who turned up dressed as her character at this year's DragonCon.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Smart told The Times in 2021 that playing Deborah gave her the opportunity to perform a character that felt new to her.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

The arias follow the conventions of the period with plenty of coloratura and opportunities to show off, but Mozart’s preternatural ability to create character is already present.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

The bond market had created what amounted to a double agent—a character who seemed to represent the interests of investors when he better represented the interests of Wall Street bond trading desks.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Was it weird to write about yourself in this way after so many years of interviewing other people and so many extreme characters in punk rock?

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

Usually with female characters, everything always hearkens back to the family.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

For both actors, the script presented physical challenges in portraying the bodily changes their characters undergo over the years.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

“Coyote vs. Acme” director Dave Green and screenwriter Samy Burch didn’t expect this kind of reaction, but they were trying to “uncover shades to these characters that we had never known before,” Green said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Books required fingers to turn the pages and a heart to feel the emotions of the characters on the page, but the cinema was different.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland




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