striking characteristic

collocation in English

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striking
adjective
uk
/ˈstraɪ.kɪŋ/us
/ˈstraɪ.kɪŋ/
very unusual or easily noticed, and therefore attracting a lot ...
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characteristic
noun[C]
uk
/ˌkær.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌker.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/
a typical or noticeable quality of someone ...
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(Definition ofstrikingandcharacteristicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Important as these features are, there is another, verystrikingcharacteristicshared by the first transitive verbs acquired by children.
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In fact, considering the high values of standard deviations, individual differences could be the moststrikingcharacteristicof the fruit consumption in tropical forests.
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The moststrikingcharacteristicof this curriculum is the absence of prescriptivism (for which linguists can claim some credit).
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Astrikingcharacteristicof the human visual system is its non-homogeneity.
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Its moststrikingcharacteristicis the team spirit, which has welded the forces of twenty-one nations into one army.
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I mention this because it seems to me to be astrikingcharacteristicof this place.
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Its moststrikingcharacteristicis the team spirit which has welded the forces of 21 nations into one army.
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The moststrikingcharacteristicof the pupa is its proboscis.
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Its moststrikingcharacteristicis the presence of the unstable element promethium in its emission spectrum.
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Astrikingcharacteristicof his work are garlands of ivy used as a decorative motif on the necks of many of his "lekythoi".
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When a bonsai specimen falls into multiple style categories, the common practice is to describe it by the dominant or moststrikingcharacteristic.
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The moststrikingcharacteristicof this plant are its shiny, dark green leaves.
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The church's moststrikingcharacteristicis the tower, built in 1518.
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This sense of tonal expansiveness is one of the most striking characteristics of this otherwise elegantly turned, melodic music.
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The moststrikingcharacteristicof the ectomycorrhizae as a whole is the way the black outer layers of older sections are shed, giving a carbonized appearance.
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One of the most striking characteristics of music in the past 100 years is mobility.
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Its diffusion from there could be readily traced, since the biotype differs from the classical agent in certain striking characteristics.
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The most striking characteristics of mortality of children aged 1-4 was the high proportion of deaths occurring to children aged one or two.
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