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[uh-rij-uh-nl] / əˈrɪdʒ ə nl /




NOUN
person who is eccentric
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Although their original goal was to understand the mechanisms behind skin renewal, the team unexpectedly discovered striking differences between females and males.

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After the latest corrections, however, engineers measured an optical error of just 63 nanometers RMS, substantially better than the original requirement.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Like the original Roadster, the new version isn’t intended to be a mass-market vehicle, said iSeeCars.com analyst Karl Brauer.

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By the same token, he is a good choice for the reader minded to tackle the texts in their original language.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Resilience is a noun that means the power or ability to return to the original form after being bent, compressed, or stretched.

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The franchise has been in the Netflix global top 10 for a total of 17 weeks and a total of 13 weeks in the Nielsen streaming originals top 10 since 2022.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Entering from the Islamic side, you view a magnificent 19th-century blue-and-turquoise vase, intricately arabesqued with wing-like handles, made in France but based on Alhambra originals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Axel Scheffler said AI pictures are "a breach of copyright" and lose their charm when compared to the hand-drawn originals.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Blue Note Records released her breakthrough solo LP, 1993’s “Blue Light ‘Til Dawn,” a mix of originals and covers of work by blues pioneer Robert Johnson and folk singers Van Morrison and Joni Mitchell.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

I nodded; knowing that the copies would be even further from these scribbled originals which hung upon the wall.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson


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