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something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind
honesty is one of her defining traits
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Encourage Resilience And Adaptability In a rapidly changing work environment, resilience and adaptability are crucial traits.
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Nilesh Parmar, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Additionally, leaders should look for traits such as initiative, adaptability and a willingness to learn, which are indicators of future success.
—Nilesh Parmar, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Influences have a way of appearing, like family traits, in idiosyncratic details such as the turn of a head or position of a hand, but here the steps and styles have been stripped of attitude and etiquette, to their elemental forms.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Aliza Kelly, celebrity astrologer and author, shares more on the sign's key traits, plus its approach to relationships, career and more.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Free Daily and Monthly Horoscopes Capricorn personality, traits Capricorns are known to be ambitious, determined and hard-working, Kelly explains.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
And, like in a job, relationship success are not just about displaying the right traits, but also finding someone who, like a job, is compatible with your own personality and intelligence.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Instead, jurors are likely to associate one's appearance with traits like honesty, reliability and morality.
—Jenna Sundel, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Rather than seeing complex traits as entirely new inventions, this research suggests that evolution often recycles and repurposes existing genetic tools to build complexity on the foundation of simplicity.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Nilesh Parmar, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Additionally, leaders should look for traits such as initiative, adaptability and a willingness to learn, which are indicators of future success.
—Nilesh Parmar, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Influences have a way of appearing, like family traits, in idiosyncratic details such as the turn of a head or position of a hand, but here the steps and styles have been stripped of attitude and etiquette, to their elemental forms.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Aliza Kelly, celebrity astrologer and author, shares more on the sign's key traits, plus its approach to relationships, career and more.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Free Daily and Monthly Horoscopes Capricorn personality, traits Capricorns are known to be ambitious, determined and hard-working, Kelly explains.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
And, like in a job, relationship success are not just about displaying the right traits, but also finding someone who, like a job, is compatible with your own personality and intelligence.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Instead, jurors are likely to associate one's appearance with traits like honesty, reliability and morality.
—Jenna Sundel, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Rather than seeing complex traits as entirely new inventions, this research suggests that evolution often recycles and repurposes existing genetic tools to build complexity on the foundation of simplicity.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Traits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traits. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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