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characterization

[kar-ik-ter-uh-zay-shuhn, -truh-zay-] / ˌkær ɪk tər əˈzeɪ ʃən, -trəˈzeɪ- /






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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

Alongside Sul’s deftly handled, physical characterization of a proud man swallowed by hurt he could never imagine, “Possible Love” stands as one of the more sensitively wrought depictions of a wounded marriage you’ll ever see.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

In a study published in Scientific Reports, scientists reported the first molecular characterization of Marfan syndrome in domestic cats, a condition primarily recognized in humans.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Corey Riday-White, managing attorney for the nonprofit Center for Climate Integrity, disputes that characterization.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The local media were eager to join the prosecutors in criticizing the 60 Minutes piece because it implicated their coverage, which had largely presented only the prosecution's theory and characterization of Walter and the crime.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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

But the characterizations are too flimsy, the world only moderately textured.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

There’s a vocabulary and a shorthand in how characters are depicted in TV series, especially in crime thrillers where the police-procedural aspects are supposed to embellish the characterizations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 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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