idiosyncratic
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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
There are idiosyncratic reasons for each of the moves.
From Barron's • May 1, 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
What about the effects of idiosyncratic individual people?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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