characteristics
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From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
He was also given a vaccine personalised to his tumour's characteristics, which boosts the cancer-detecting powers of the drugs.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
“He very much produces a lot of the characteristics we’re looking for,” Chapot said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
"Women's salt-adding behavior, however, was associated with a wider range of social and dietary characteristics than men's," added co-author Dr. Débora Santos, a titular professor at Rio de Janeiro State University.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
And we cannot opt simply to ignore the distinction between good and bad science, because if we do we will miss one of science’s peculiar characteristics, that it makes progress.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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