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peculiarity

[pi-kyoo-lee-ar-i-tee, -kyool-yar-] / pɪˌkyʊ liˈær ɪ ti, -kyulˈyær- /


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Yet wrapped up in his peculiarity has been a knack for rubbing America’s face in realities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

And it warned that legislation introduced in 2023 has not removed all of the risks, and the collapse of the case was not a "one-off peculiarity created solely by outdated legislation".

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

Escola’s work has always been blissfully weird yet totally charming, hyper-confident in its discerning peculiarity.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025

The case made global headlines because of the "peculiarity of the circumstances surrounding it", as one Australian newspaper noted in 1912.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2024

They suggested that the big bang might be a peculiarity of Friedmann’s models alone, which after all were only approximations to the real universe.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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