characteristics
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From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
This one attempts to look forward, capturing the characteristics that will allow companies to succeed in the future.
From The Wall Street Journal • 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
By analyzing these patterns, researchers could estimate important characteristics of the hidden binary, including the masses of the black holes and details of their orbital evolution.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
Polling with Confidence Estimating characteristics of a population, such as the percentage who favor a certain candidate or a particular brand of dog food, is, like hypothesis testing, simple in principle.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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