distinctively
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Comma butterflies, with their distinctively ragged wing edges, have recovered in numbers since the survey began.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
But he concluded that birthright citizenship was by now distinctively American.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026
The company, known for its distinctively clunky footwear, said it expects revenue growth for the year of 10%-12% to 2.30 billion euros-2.35 billion euros, incorporating several basis points of negative currency effects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
That’s why, McKinney says, motels like the Red Apple and William Tell chose to brand themselves so distinctively.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
So widespread was Olmec iconography—jaguar babies, carved stelae, distinctively shaped ceramics—that many archaeologists believed its very ubiquity was evidence that the Olmec “not only engendered Mesoamerica but also brought forth the first Mesoamerican empire.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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