originality
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The ad's originality lay in the fact it did not directly show off the product, but instead promised a new world of emancipation for consumers thanks to home computers.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
“Kim’s Convenience” may not win points for originality, but originality isn’t really the point of an immigrant family drama meant to be instantly, one might say universally, recognizable.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Townsend said: "Her honesty, humour and originality resonate deeply with audiences, and we're delighted to welcome her to the Eden Sessions this summer."
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
“Food Network started losing its originality when it started to be more ‘Iron Chef America’ . . . cake-offs and ‘Iron Chef’ and ‘Chopped’ and all that.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026
The essence of that originality was to take what composers normally did in symphonies - long, abstract, streams of ‘pure’ instrumental music - and turn it into a sung drama on stage.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.