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affinity

[uh-fin-i-tee] / əˈfɪn ɪ ti /




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But beyond the exclusive entrée, Coppola — only on her third feature, but already known for her affinity for youth culture — would bring Marie Antoinette a jouissance the history books had never afforded her.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

The two Muslim countries share a close relationship due to their religious affinity and strong economic ties.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Carrey had spoken about his affinity for solitude even earlier.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The description for the fundraiser remembered Rodriguez for his “easygoing warmth,” his affinity for race cars, baking and “a good cup of coffee.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

All Copernicus could say was that ‘Earthy’ things tended to fall to Earth, solar things tended to fall to the Sun, things with an affinity for Mars would fall to Mars, and so on.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Mr. Lloyd isn’t the first musician to explore affinities between jazz and Indian music.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

But the non-college-educated voters who have traditionally been his bedrock supporters are facing so much financial strain these days that his cultural affinities, even when they’re somewhat authentic, just don’t cut it.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026

Kurds, while mostly Sunni, share cultural and linguistic affinities with Persians and have historically had less friction with the Iranian state than with fellow Kurds in Iraq and Turkey.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026

Whatever its evolutionary affinities, these spiny arachnids appear to come from a time when arachnids were experimenting with a range of different body plans.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024

But it was from the difference between us, not from the affinities and likenesses, but from the difference, that that love came: and it was itself the bridge, the only bridge, across what divided us.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin


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