The phrase 'has always characterized' is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to express an action that has been ongoing for a long period of time. For example, "The commitment to excellence and quality that has always characterized this company."
The shipping enterprise has always characterized New York.
That sort of blue blood gone boho has always characterized the Guest household.
They offer the familiar conceptual impenetrability and visual enervation that has always characterized his least interesting work.
And the play itself evinces the staunchness that has always characterized the construction of Mr. Miller's work.
The streak of strangeness that has always characterized British art reappears charmingly in the paintings of the pre-Raphaelites.
RUSSIAN NATIONAL ORCHESTRA This hardy, independent orchestra, founded by the protean Mikhail Pletnev, plays with that zealous sense of commitment that has always characterized the best Russian ensembles.
Mr. Baldessari's new photo-constructions offer the familiar conceptual impenetrability and visual enervation that have always characterized his least interesting works.
Millions more are affected every day by the stigma and discrimination that defeat the generosity of spirit and courage that have always characterized the tireless advocacy of Nelson Mandela.
The estimates had been given by highly qualified experts, but the regrettable fact is that wild variations have always characterized the art market.
Washington's administration of the government in the next eight years was marked by the caution, the methodical precision, and the sober judgment that had always characterized him.
"In addition to telling the historical story on its own terms, it really captures the many, many tensions between idealism and reality that have always characterized the laws of war".
