characterization
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The company’s disclosures on Sunday contradict Nvidia’s previous characterization of the relationship.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026
Rather than engage in a diplomatic spat, Visit Norway embraced the president’s characterization, promoting restrooms that include the award-winning Stegastein viewpoint toilet overlooking Aurlandsfjord and the triangular Golden Toilet on Senja Island.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
It’s a characterization he’s encouraged over years of clashes with officials and detractors and his repeated claims that the department has been crippled under Luna by staffing shortfalls, budgetary mismanagement and lack of confidence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Weeks says he agrees with the characterization, and suggests Starlink could go so far as to turn into a customer, given its move into data centers, which require fiber optics like the kind Corning offers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
He was actually trying to make amends for his unfair characterization of Adams in the Priestley letter as one of the “ancients.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
But we should also realize that the engineers who are so ready to offer grim characterizations of what they’ve created are much less willing to make any substantial process overhauls.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
Because of a long history of such characterizations and perceptions, mountain people have often been forced to locate the beauty within themselves and their culture.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
He adopts colorful characterizations in classic begging-the-question fashion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
And in both cases, these secondary characterizations are as insightfully wrought as the actors’ main roles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
This was the decision that caused Hamilton to repeat his earlier characterizations of Burr as the unprincipled American Catiline, which in turn generated the newspaper reports containing the offensive word “despicable.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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