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curiosity
noun as in desire to learn or know about anything
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eagerness, interestedness, intrusiveness, investigation, meddlesomeness, meddling, nosiness, officiousness, prying, questioning, snoopiness
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inquiring mind, inquiringness, mental acquisitiveness, searching, snooping, thirst for knowledge
noun as in a rare or novel thing
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bibelot, conversation piece, exoticism, marvel, oddity, one of a kind, peculiar object, rara avis, rare bird, singular object, unusual object, wonder
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District Judge David O. Carter, who is overseeing the agreement, said he sensed fraud, and chided the city for what he perceived as a lack of curiosity over the discrepancy.
"Anybody who knows boxing can't allow this to be built up like it's a serious fight. I think it's crazy, but will I watch it? Probably, out of curiosity."
As visitors follow the shifting identities of the nearly 60 exhibited artworks, they are invited to peer over the curator’s shoulder and share her curiosity and excitement.
"It's always that willingness to learn, that curiosity to learn."
It may have been polarising - but Gnarly turned Katseye from a pop curiosity to a burgeoning cultural phenomenon.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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