Thesaurus results for CHARACTERING

charactering

verb

present participle of character

as in describing

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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Masterson, who has spent the last six years thwarting Kelly’s will as a top legislative leader in Topeka’s Republican supermajority, is now highlighting examples of his bipartisan achievements and describing Holscher as a socialist.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
Even at their most disturbing, scenes describing carnage tend to be colorful and amusing.

— Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026

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How did Portland change in that time, and what did your team want to keep sight of when characterizing the city?

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
By quantifying and characterizing the deceased relative population, our research reveals just how many people no longer appear in the census yet remain an integral part of our social world.

— Ashton Verdery, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026

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Trump linked to an article portraying the Quebec victory as a setback for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
What readers are saying The comments express strong criticism of JD Vance, portraying him as lacking moral integrity and political acumen.

— Dan Merica, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2026

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Dylan Behler is a Democrat representing District 30A in Anne Arundel County in the Maryland House of Delegates.

— Dylan Behler, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2026
The last snapshot of that data, published in September 2024, showed there were nearly 428,000 Black federal employees, representing about 19% of the total workforce.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026

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