distinguishing feature

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Inside the evening jacket of the disciplined concert artist lay an irreverent commentator on the absurdity of the world, who saw laughter as the distinguishing feature of humanity.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025

But the distinguishing feature of McCrimmon’s performance is that it brings us closer to the real Fanny Brice, the vaudeville comedian who struck it big in the Ziegfeld Follies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024

This eliminates a distinguishing feature of how Meta has managed misinformation on its other apps.

From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2023

Of course the key distinguishing feature of Wisk is that there is no pilot.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2023

If the same principle applied to animals and inheritance, then what force could possibly conserve any distinguishing feature of any variant organism?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee