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[uh-rij-uh-nl] / əˈrɪdʒ ə nl /




NOUN
person who is eccentric
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Starz has cut its original four episodes into five, which means that they end in odd places, but given its controlled, glacial pace, shorter might be better.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Some 45 original stockholders invested alongside Hawk, a sewing machine salesman.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Unlike in opera productions, there are no supertitles conveying the original English.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

But a spoof is under no obligation to turn that one joke into a full narrative as it does by deferring to a younger cast, and only checking in with the franchise’s original players occasionally.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

On the original agenda was a presentation entitled “How to Short a CDO.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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