characteristics
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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
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
“The expectation is that…the mare will acquire sprinter-like characteristics that she did not previously have, while maintaining her other exceptional traits,” said Gabriel Vichera, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Kheiron.
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
To be domesticated, a candidate wild species must possess many different characteristics.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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