characteristic
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Surprisingly, these mice did not display the characteristic head twitch response that researchers commonly use as an indicator of psychedelic activity in rodents.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
A different expressiveness is apparent in Ruth Asawa’s ravishing “Untitled” of circa 1958, one of her characteristic suspended sculptures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
Discrimination against a protected characteristic is against the law, external, meaning an employer cannot treat you less favourably based on your age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
The investigation also provided important clues about pancreatic cancer's ability to hide from the immune system, a characteristic that may help explain why the disease often responds poorly to immunotherapy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
As early as the sixth century BC, ayurvedic practitioners in India had recognized the general symptoms of anemia—the absence of adequate red cells in blood—by the characteristic pallor of the lips, skin, and fingers.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
But the combination in Sao Paulo of some new parts, the circuit characteristics suiting them, and Norris excelling in the wet in qualifying and race, put him back in the game.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
The results highlight the potential of precision medicine, an approach that considers individual characteristics, including genetics, when determining which treatments may be most effective.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
Scientific tests were carried out in the Orcadian Basin area of Scotland, but researchers failed to find a location with the same characteristics of the stone in that area.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
This method identifies molecules by measuring characteristics related to their mass, but the sheer number of possible peptides makes searching for new hormones a demanding process.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Nor, did Miss Havisham’s manner towards Estella in anywise change, except that I believed it to have something like fear infused among its former characteristics.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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