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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After describing a recent experience of hers involving day-old Lebanese kibbeh nayyeh, Modica laughs.

— Emma Specter, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026
After our investigation, my colleagues and I published a paper describing the anthrax cases from contaminated mail.

— Daniel Jernigan, STAT, 26 Sep. 2026

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Basically, what Thiel’s doing in his Antichrist speeches is portraying our current predicament as an existential battle between good and evil.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Both the editorial boards of The Wall Street Journal and the National Review have come out against the legislation, collectively portraying the idea as a way to line the pockets of big studio owners and actors and save failing unions.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

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Yet musical improvisation remained a defining influence throughout his practice, which was unusual in its diversity of styles, mediums, and materials.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Districts resorted to defining competency as the lowest passing grade.

— Neetu Arnold, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026

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All a novelist can do when representing Bush Two’s accomplices is to embody plausible ideologies in specific fictional characters.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
With 138 anglers representing 23 nations, the tournament will certainly be a worldwide event.

— Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026

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