characteristics
Americannoun
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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 facts of the Fordingbridge attacks - and the characteristics of the offenders - were "very different", he said.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 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
If so, what were the characteristics of a company that stole versus a company that did not?
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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