characteristics
Americannoun
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Having beaten Piastri convincingly in 2024, and so entered 2025 as favourite, Norris struggled with the characteristics of the car in the early part of the season.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Protected characteristics include age, disability, race, pregnancy, sex and sexual orientation.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
“He very much produces a lot of the characteristics we’re looking for,” Chapot said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
The ratio is much higher than what is typically seen in comets from our own solar system, with only a handful of known examples showing similar characteristics.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
But despite these common characteristics he was different, very different from those who surrounded him—in background, in what he believed in and what he did not.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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