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 end
 ```
 
+### As mixins
+
+Traits can be defined outside of factories and used as mixins to compose shared attributes
+
+```ruby
+FactoryBot.define do
+  trait :timestamps do
+    created_at { 8.days.ago }
+    updated_at { 4.days.ago }
+  end
+  
+  factory :user, traits: [:timestamps] do
+    username { "john_doe" }
+  end
+  
+  factory :post do
+    timestamps
+    title { "Traits rock" }
+  end
+end
+```
+
 ### Using traits
 
 Traits can also be passed in as a list of symbols when you construct an instance