eccentric
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Because eccentric exercise puts less strain on the heart and lungs, it is especially well suited for older adults and people with chronic health conditions.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
The portraits play off the novel’s milieu: a series of churches, as well as the medieval French castle that is home to an eccentric and mostly absent prince.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
A new cast of Castros is emerging in Cuba: a grandson and a great-nephew are moving up the corridors of power, while another is an eccentric Instagram influencer declaring that Cubans want capitalism.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
The cast of “An Awfully Big Adventure” is an array of eccentric players.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Imagine that you and twenty casual acquaintances are in a room together, having been brought there by an eccentric philanthropist.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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