This dog breed has a number of desirable traits.
honesty is one of her defining traits
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Actually, Alma does suffer from ulcers, which cause her extraordinary stomach pain and vomiting at inconvenient moments, and cause viewers to wonder not if but when such clumsy symbolic traits will be trotted out in the future.—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025 This positivity is a long-standing trait of Cleworth’s game, as shown here by his common progressive passes map across the last two seasons.—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 Speed, decisiveness, intensity—these traits have become shorthand for executive effectiveness in today’s business culture.—Rahul Bhandari, Harvard Business Review, 8 Oct. 2025 The host says he was not diagnosed with either trait.—Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trait
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Etymology
Middle French, literally, act of drawing, from Latin tractus — more at tract
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