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idiosyncratic

[id-ee-oh-sin-krat-ik, -sing-] / ˌɪd i oʊ sɪnˈkræt ɪk, -sɪŋ- /


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The fluid, idiosyncratic charm of “Silent Friend” — which never feels like two and a half hours — is in Enyedi’s heartfelt belief that curiosity is simply a garden that grows progress.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 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

“This fraud is an idiosyncratic fraud,” said Kaur, according to a FactSet transcript of its call.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

There are idiosyncratic reasons for the modest wage growth in certain immigrant-heavy sectors, such high interest rates weighing on home construction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Other hobgoblins were the brainchildren of self-proclaimed experts who cooked up idiosyncratic theories of how language ought to behave, usually with a puritanical undercurrent in which people’s natural inclinations must be a form of dissoluteness.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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