qualities
Americannoun
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Jorge Luis Borges, for instance, who began translating Kafka in 1938, was attracted to the labyrinthine nature of the stories, which, Ms. Hruska writes, combine the paradoxical qualities of “brevity and endlessness.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Improving one or two of those qualities often reduces the third.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
Given the chemical’s acidic and corrosive qualities, it would be difficult to load it onto a truck, he noted.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
“Interpreting has a lot of qualities of performing in a play. What I think is really key is an absolute attention to the moment. It’s being present. It’s absolute focus and presence.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
Beginning, therefore, with the first of the above-mentioned qualities, I say that it would be good to be considered generous.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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