idiosyncratic
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“She told me to do it myself,” Lee says, “as she designed her own gardens herself, and they are idiosyncratic just like she is.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
People who have worked with him described him as an unflappable, straight-shooter whose personality makes him an ideal foil for Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s idiosyncratic CEO.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
"Pakistani leaders are conducting shuttle diplomacy throughout the Middle East. The question is whether it is transitory and merely the product of the US president's idiosyncratic preferences."
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Jack Such, a spokesperson for Kalshi, said that prediction markets provide investors with forecasting data, as well as the opportunity to price in any idiosyncratic risk as it happens.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
But Chris, with his idiosyncratic logic, came up with an elegant solution to this dilemma: He simply got rid of the map.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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