- plural of characteristic.
characteristics
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Within a day, observations from the Liverpool Telescope in the Canary Islands and NASA's Swift satellite in space showed that the object displayed the expected characteristics of an LFBOT.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
The Equality and Human Rights Commission, the UK's regulator, says legislation is "likely to have particular impacts on people with certain protected characteristics, especially older and disabled people, external".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Archaeological evidence suggests Arctic dogs developed skeletal characteristics associated with pulling heavy loads.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
These characteristics were present throughout my youth and resurfacing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
To this house I came just ere dark on an evening marked by the characteristics of sad sky, cold gale, and continued small penetrating rain.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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