eccentricities
Example Sentences
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Young, urban professionals—known for their college degrees, willingness to work late and such harmless eccentricities as paying large markups for “local” produce—do not ordinarily instill terror.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Having varying eccentricities and varying inclinations simultaneously is well understood from a modeling perspective, but having one and not the other is not as easily explained.
From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025
In it, the audience gets a closer look at the eccentricities that frame his imaginative inner world.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025
But the eccentricities of this defendant belie the seriousness of the case.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025
He chuckles, as if sleeping in kitchens is just another one of the eccentricities you have to put up with in the landlord business.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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