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The phrase "was characteristic of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to indicate that something is typical of a person, place, or thing. For example, "His generosity was characteristic of the kind of man he was."
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It was characteristic of her indomitable diffidence.
This was characteristic of her time.
That was characteristic of my Machiavellian mind".
Her facial expression was characteristic of all housewives when spinning.
It was characteristic of Brennan to use the word "joust".
He thoroughly disliked much that was characteristic of Belgian culture.
Ms. Butler said that was characteristic of her mother.
It was characteristic of him that he revolutionized this professorship.
It was characteristic of him to state the fact in interviews with journalists.
It was characteristic of Hewitt that he was disappointed that he gave up even that much.
That use of the collective pronoun was characteristic of Johnson's civil-rights rhetoric, too.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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