characterizes
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Department of Education characterizes the investigation as under Title IX, a federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination, including sexual harassment, sexual assault and violence in any education program or activity receiving federal funding.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
“I Shot Andy Warhol” characterizes Solanas in a way that neither the press nor her manifesto could.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
What it characterizes, again, completely without precedent, as core powers of the presidency among which it lists pardons.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
"I think what characterizes this moment is that people are afraid."
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
According to the moral absolutism that characterizes McCandless’s beliefs, a challenge in which a successful outcome is assured isn’t a challenge at all.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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