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curiosity

[kyoor-ee-os-i-tee] / ˌkjʊər iˈɒs ɪ ti /




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"That curiosity sparked my interest in becoming a researcher."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

In all my years of picking apart films to grasp why they appeal to my senses, I’ve watched others’ curiosity decline, especially in the face of someone else’s passion.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Although such stories can be useful, the article suggests that narratives centered on discovery, cooperation and curiosity can encourage audiences to imagine what might go right rather than merely anticipate disaster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

And they provide our reporters an outlet to satisfy their personal and professional curiosity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Keeping his left hand on the wall, he bent, picked one up, tried to feel the edge—but curiosity failed, and he let it fall.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Jenkin puts together his bespoke films like tactile, fragile curiosities — it’s as if the battered reels have been fished out of the water, their origin unknown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

"Until relatively recently, this subset of igneous rocks were mere curiosities," said Gibson.

From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026

For a variety of reasons, not least because people have questions, curiosities, comparisons and resentments.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026

In a preface, the film director Guillermo del Toro likens this collection to early modern cabinets of curiosities, whose juxtapositions of natural and artificial objects were meant to expose a hidden order of existence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

The room was caught between old and new, between stone colonnades and stainless steel floors, between the very latest in high tech and old curiosities from the Industrial Revolution.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz




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