eccentricities
Example Sentences
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"A planet caught in resonance finds its orbit deformed to higher and higher eccentricities, precessing faster and faster while staying in tune with the orbit of the binary, which is shrinking," Touma said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026
He seemed, in short—for all his personal eccentricities and foibles—normal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
Bird's home county Yorkshire, whom he played for and served as president, described him as a "national treasure, known not only for his umpiring excellence but also for his eccentricities and warmth".
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
The finale is ghastly, grisly and even humorous when Madigan gets the chance to play up her character’s eccentricities to their most campy heights.
From Salon • Aug. 8, 2025
I was getting bewildered; he so crowded on my mind his list of nature’s eccentricities and possible impossibilities that my imagination was getting fired.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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