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How to use the word Characteristics in a Sentence?

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To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for results. This is not only intellectually invalid, it is, in practical terms, blinding oneself in advance to some of the unwanted consequences of the process

Thomas Sowell

added by Normando
5 months ago

The pro-democracy movement was fighting against the Nationalist Chinese regime (in Taipei), and they wanted to look for distinct characteristics that represented the Taiwanese identity, of course, Taiwan’s Indigenous groups gave it the most legitimacy, and so it also gave rise to subsequent Indigenous rights movements in the 1980s.

Ku Heng-chan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

REITs may not provide the type of growth that investors might find in tech stocks, but the higher yield profile and tax-friendly characteristics make REITs attractive for more income-oriented investors.

Anna Rathbun

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We need new thinking, we need to operate that infrastructure differently, we need to change some of the characteristics of that infrastructure, that will allow us to capture more of these flood flows, store it underground in these aquifers, and then use those ground water resources when we need them in dry years.

Peter Gleick

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There’s an idea that a really good ad, or one delivered in just the right context to a targeted audience, can influence voters, but we found that political ads have consistently small persuasive effects across a range of characteristics, positive ads work no better than attack ads. Republicans, Democrats, and independents respond to ads similarly. Ads aired in battleground states aren’t substantially more effective than those broadcast in non-swing states.

Alexander Coppock

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We are not calling it Santa Ana winds, but they will have characteristics of them as they pass through canyons and the sloped terrain.

Brandt Maxwell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Based upon the facts of the case and the individual characteristics of Mr. Cachu we determined that we would not likely prevail in a transfer hearing because we could not prove that he would not have benefited from juvenile resources at the time of the original offense – again, as the law requires.

Kathy Cady

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

These techniques rely on the physical uniqueness of each individual, but they are not foolproof. Physical characteristics can be copied, or even compromised by injury.

Chaiyanut Jirayupat

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

To help achieve this, the IRL will seek to work with the eight Women’s Rugby League World Cup 2021 finalists to obtain data to inform a future transwomen inclusion policy in 2023, which takes into consideration the unique characteristics of rugby league.

The IRL

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We also know that we are still unconsciously selecting these characteristics in dogs.

Madisen Omstead

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think that he would be one of the weaker candidates. We have a lot of young candidates who will fight for principle but don't have the sort of obnoxious personal characteristics that alienate a lot of voters.

Getty Images

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

As I watched this, I started to believe that there is actually enormous potential in the characteristics unique to hydrogen engines instead of simply treating it as a substitute for gasoline.

Takeshi Yamada

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Chimpanzees eat insects but we did not know that they catch and use them to treat their wounds, hence, they not only have an understanding of their food species( plants, insects, monkeys, birds, reptiles) but probably also about characteristics of other animal species that help to act against injuries.

Simone Pika

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The current data that we’re having is still very limited. So there are so many additional characteristics of this virus that the researchers are busy studying, of which transmissibility is one of them. Severity is also another.

Nicksy Gumede-Moeletsi

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The fact of finding a mummy with these characteristics in the middle of the plaza makes it clear that this is someone of high status.

Van Dalen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Fat Bear Week in particular has all of the' cute' characteristics we associate with animals online, and here, those characteristics are quite literally the point - roundness, perceived fluffiness, smushiness, etc.

Jessica Maddox

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Claims that bans on critical race theory prohibit ‘teaching about racism in schools’ are factually inaccurate - and that's not, in fact, what parents or legislators oppose at all, people object to the rampant discrimination taking place in America's schools that treat children differently on the basis of immutable characteristics such as race and gender – which is something that all Americans should oppose, because to do so is both immoral and unconstitutional.

Nicole Neily

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

While we believe our shareholders recognize UMG's extraordinary attributes including its attractive growth characteristics, business quality, and superb management team, we underestimated the reaction that some of our shareholders would have to the transaction's complexity and structure.

Bill Ackman

Found on CNN
2 years ago

All of the dresses have certain verifiable characteristics, including, for example, a' secret pocket' on the right side of the pinafore skirt for Dorothy's handkerchief,' Judy Garland' written by hand in a script specific to a single person who labeled all of the extant dresses in the same hand. Apparently, the thin material of the blouse was prone to tearing when Judy Garland as Dorothy took it off after filming, and a seamstress often repaired it before Judy Garland as Dorothy donned it for the next shoot.

Catholic University of America

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Based on the characteristics of the variant, additional considerations may include the development of new diagnostics or the modification of vaccines or treatments.

The CDC

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I like Bruce Springsteen and Pepperoni Pizza. And I wear Levi's jeans, and I put that somewhere. I write that somewhere, money is being made off of those characteristics, people are making money off of me, off of you, off of all of us simply because of who we are and our personal characteristics that are unique to us, or our personal preferences, things that we say, things that we write, things that we click ‘like’ on and we create this enormous value for these companies.

Andrew Gounardes

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Public health ultimately is about the conditions that create health for people, they are the characteristics of where we live or work or where we play.

Sandro Galea

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We still don't know a lot about what predisposes an individual person to get severely ill while another person who has very similar characteristics may not.

Angela Rasmussen

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Crimes motivated by bias against race, national origin, and other characteristics cannot be tolerated, our amendment both denounces those acts and marshals additional resources toward addressing and stopping these horrible crimes.

Susan Collins

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

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