noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
bear
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It also bears the hallmarks of a long-cherished project.
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The attack bore all the hallmarks of a loyalist murder bid.
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Whatever it was, it didn't bear the hallmark of life in Knockglen.
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In singling out gay men, the offence bears the hallmarks of homophobic prejudice, and belongs to the less tolerant era.
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Cricket is primarily a man's game, bearing all the hallmarks of male camaraderie.
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The sculptures bear all the hallmarks of the Braun workshop and date from 1713-19.
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But they said the type of attack bore all the hallmarks of the I-R-A.
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It does not, in other words, bear the hallmarks of Thatcherism.
become
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The safety and durability that have become Volvo hallmarks are an added bonus, though anti-lock brakes are an extra £595.
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In what would become a hallmark of the next dozen years, the Legislature was seldom able to act on major issues.
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But Korn/Ferry have not developed the teamwork approach that has become a hallmark of Russell Reynolds.
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That system of local distribution, which became a hallmark of the organization, took some years to come into being.
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Waste became a hallmark of consumerism.
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Rampant individualism finds so little interest in the collective that injustice can become the hallmark of some free enterprise systems.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cultural shock was a hallmark of the period.
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Eddery had to be at his most determined to beat Nominator whose hallmark is toughness.
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Her health was a hallmark of her personality.
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His campaign hallmark is his informality and accessibility.
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One key reason was the company opted to step back from the relentless price-cutting that is a hallmark of the juice business.
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Parler's hallmarks lay in decoration: vaulting and sculpture poured from his workshops.
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Whatever it was, it didn't bear the hallmark of life in Knockglen.
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Yet it is stasis, not change, that is the hallmark of evolution.