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originality

[uh-rij-uh-nal-i-tee] / əˌrɪdʒ əˈnæl ɪ ti /


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In slopestyle, athletes navigate a course with a variety of obstacles, including rails and various jumps, and are judged on the breadth, originality, and quality of their stunts.

From Barron's

It is hard to imagine that the year will bring forth a Lincoln book of more originality or consequence.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Maybe our buildings are lacking in originality,” Pa admitted.

From Literature

“Food Network started losing its originality when it started to be more ‘Iron Chef America’ . . . cake-offs and ‘Iron Chef’ and ‘Chopped’ and all that.

From Salon

The first myth Mr. Newman challenges is the romantic notion that isolation breeds originality.

From The Wall Street Journal