eccentric
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He was also a rambling eccentric whose personal pantheon included Jesus, Hillel, Muhammad, Karl Marx and Carl Sagan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 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
Behind the camera, Jacobs’ friend and occasional creative collaborator, Sofia Coppola, asks whether they’re favoring a serious look, or something more eccentric — in line with Jacobs’ reputation.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
"They must have thought me very eccentric in the hospital, because I sat there quoting Shakespeare monologues," he said after his investiture ceremony.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
Even by the standards of the superstitious ancient Greeks, Pythagoras’s beliefs were eccentric.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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