idiosyncratic
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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
There are idiosyncratic reasons for each of the moves.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
In its idiosyncratic way, “This Is a Gardening Show” ranks among them.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Yet in the end, when all of those separate and idiosyncratic chains were completed, half of those letters ended up in the hands of Jacobs, Jones, and Brown.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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