as in characterized
to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group
formerly charactered as "the dark ages," that period of history may not have been quite so benighted as once thought
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Israel’s first occupation of Gaza was characterized by war crimes, massacres, and expulsions.—
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Godard’s ode to American movies that required only a girl and a gun begat freak-flag-flying films like Slacker, which begat Linklater’s career, characterized by him following his own muse.—
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Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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What are the criteria for being described as this sexy?—
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CNN Money,
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In the early 2010s, Courtois was part of the team that discovered and described the Laniakea supercluster of galaxies to which our Milky Way belongs.—
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Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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During the late-night comedy sketch series, Teller portrayed former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo alongside Shane Gillis as Curtis Sliwa and Ramy Youssef as Zohran Mamdani, in a mock New York City mayoral race debate for the Cold Open.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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Sometimes, the expiration of a CBA is portrayed as the start of a labor dispute, but that’s often not true.—
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Sportico.com,
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Set in 18-karat yellow gold and framed with nearly five carats of brilliant white diamonds, the Emma earrings embody the vision defined by the company’s founder.—
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Robb Report,
2 Nov. 2025
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The study reveals that the performance of the soft mechanical metamaterial is limited by the beam aspect ratio, which is defined as the ratio of the length to the width of each beam.—
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Interesting Engineering,
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“Charactered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charactered. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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