characteristics
Americannoun
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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
The facts of the Fordingbridge attacks - and the characteristics of the offenders - were "very different", he said.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
"On the other hand, women's salt-adding behavior appeared to be more closely linked to broader dietary patterns and contextual characteristics," added Santos.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
The theoretically more interesting field of inferential statistics uses probability theory to make predictions, to estimate important characteristics of a population, and to test the validity of hypotheses.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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