characteristic
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Mr. Van Dyk, an American, adopts a matter-of-fact, undemonstrative style characteristic of rigorous Northern European dramas that trust the audience to draw its own conclusions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
By combining measurements taken along the axes of the jets, the team searched for H-alpha, a characteristic signature of ionized hydrogen gas.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Her interpretation showed early how a jazz singer could personalize the ballad, imbuing it with her characteristic rhythmic freedom and emotional depth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"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
Some of us can’t stand cold northern winters with their short days and characteristic germs, while others of us can’t stand hot tropical climates with their own characteristic diseases.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Mercedes are expecting a strong challenge from McLaren at the flowing Sepang track this weekend as its characteristics should suit the world champions' car.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
In a note published over the weekend titled “Something’s gotta give,” he argued that, while equity-market characteristics are “unsustainable,” there are also concerning developments in credit.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
For banks with massive balance sheets such as JPMorgan, private-credit firms can present an opportunity to expand the credit box, approving people with lower credit scores or other characteristics that the bank would normally reject.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The department said it found a similar pattern when it compared applicants with the same test scores, undergraduate grades and socioeconomic characteristics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
“The fact that the white race has the same problems proves these are not Negro characteristics, but the product of our condition as men,” I said.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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