qualities

plural of quality

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of qualities But things did not click regularly enough as a team, hence the summer-long search for a new No 10-type playmaker who could provide the necessary creativity and consistency to supplement Windass’ qualities. Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Nigerian pastor William Kumuyi, whose Global Crusades have taken his ministry to countries across several continents, sees those qualities as a wider feature of African Christianity. Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026 Both women recognized that fully realizing the aspirations and talents of women and girls also requires valuing the virtues and qualities that men and boys contribute, in the private and public spheres. The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026 Vandell, as a bar, achieves the same qualities as our best ambitious, rooted restaurants. Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 But some of the qualities that gave it a quaint personality will be lost in translation in the name of progress. Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 Moreover, these data sets come in different qualities, with some departments having AI use cases and dashboards that don’t necessarily scale company wide. Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026 Summary Personality traits often blur between desirable and undesirable, with positive qualities becoming negative in extreme. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 McGee joked with the crowd that their most similar qualities were distress around loud noises and mild anxiety. Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for qualities
Noun
  • The president's stance would then put him at odds with Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh, who is expected by markets to hike rates at the Fed's meeting in September.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • People decide quickly whether content is relevant, so leading with value and making the path forward obvious consistently improves engagement and conversion rates.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Historically, the Grand Sport has borrowed its design characteristics from the range-topping Z06, and that’s no different this time around.
    Jerry Perez, The Drive, 3 Sep. 2026
  • This potentially allows the same aircraft platform to undertake different types of strike missions while carrying weapons configured for different target characteristics.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Inspectors have found hundreds of allegedly fictitious facilities, while at least 833 kitchens have been shut down for failing to meet hygiene and sanitation standards.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Both choices will serve students when faculty are clear about their ambitions and standards.
    Sian Leah Beilock, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • His ability to square the ball up and not chase out of the strike zone are probably his best traits.
    Jim Bowden, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The offense showed a lot of good traits in a small sample size, but still has strides to make as the Tigers open up the playbook.
    PJ Green September 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • And Cullen is the reason Optimus Prime retained the attributes fans love so much about that character.
    Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2026
  • To the surprise of probably no one, these attributes carry over beautifully into the work of country songwriting.
    Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Flock recently changed some of its features to prevent abuse.
    Meg Anderson, NPR, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Conventional PCSELs generally depend on repeating patterns, and changing the shape or spacing of those features can make fabrication difficult.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In two cases, the publishers added specific attributions, as had been required of Miller’s book.
    Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The work has bounced between several attributions over the years before scholar Giuseppe Porzio identified it as a painting by Glielmo, giving bidders a fresh reason to take notice.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 3 June 2026

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“Qualities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/qualities. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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