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curiosity

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




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Our curiosity would have to end in North Carolina.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

You asked, “How do I stay excited to show up to work everyday amongst all the craziness” and I think it’s my curiosity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

"We are looking for a leader who sticks to his plans, not just talking the promises that he makes," agreed Conrad Mutangili, a 19-year-old mechanical engineering student who had come out of curiosity.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

He’s looking for curiosity and strategy, and wants people to come as they are.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

It’s not long before curiosity grips Woo again.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

"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

He adds that everything in the store is meant to have a “rabbit hole” effect, where shoppers can give in to their curiosities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025

The boys waited there for some time, discussing the curiosities of the day.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart




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