idiosyncrasy
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Indeed, the very features that make gifts inefficient as market transactions—surprise, idiosyncrasy, miscalibration—are often what make them meaningful as social gestures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
The headline proposal of the reforms is the removal of the not proven verdict - a legal idiosyncrasy that can be traced back to the 17th Century.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025
No idiosyncrasy is too singular for him to wrestle into submission – and over three seasons of the Syfy series, he’s bear-hugged a lot of them.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2024
At times the latter has been in strict alignment with hip-hop’s center; sometimes it has taken her to pop excess; at other moments, it has found her pursuing a path of rap idiosyncrasy.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
The results never completely caught on—but they endure as a historical curiosity of some idiosyncrasy.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Anne Robinson from Dunbarton has first-hand knowledge of EES and its idiosyncrasies - to the point it has put her off returning to Europe this year.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
The best part is about the Chicago brainiacs—professors and classmates—their groundbreaking discoveries matching their idiosyncrasies.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
The primary race is asymmetrical because of the idiosyncrasies of Massie and the district he represents, according to T.J.
From Salon ● May 14, 2026
“One Battle After Another” blends both together to become the perfect showcase for Anderson’s knack for capturing human idiosyncrasies and spinning them into grand-scale storytelling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
AJ is full of idiosyncrasies that probably don’t seem all that idiosyncratic to him anymore.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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