characteristic
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Unlike Luca’s freestanding work, however, Andrea’s is a relief—the characteristic white figures against a blue background.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Together with its selective activity against C. difficile, this characteristic makes the compound a promising candidate for a treatment that may be better tolerated.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
A key characteristic of Green SM is that it employs all its professional drivers as full-time, W-2-based employees, unlike Uber and Lyft’s gig-worker model.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Hydrophobic compounds are substances that do not dissolve easily in water, a characteristic that can make certain medications difficult to formulate and deliver effectively.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
We had discovered with Mariner 9 that characteristic changes in the bright and dark patterns on the Martian surface occur during times of high winds.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
To overcome this problem, the engineers investigated three characteristics of the gel foundation: its chemical composition, its stiffness, and the dimensions and geometry of the grooves used to organize muscle growth.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Yet not all primates living today retain these characteristics.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
Big baskets of businesses can be investor-friendly if the components share certain financial characteristics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
It noted that compute may not yet have the characteristics that typically underpin a commodity derivatives market, including “fungibility, standardization, and sufficient liquidity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Popular imagination and ignorance with respect to his past lent Barrabas the most mythological characteristics.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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