peculiarity
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I asked the White House to explain this peculiarity.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
Yet wrapped up in his peculiarity has been a knack for rubbing America’s face in realities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
And it warned that legislation introduced in 2023 has not removed all of the risks, and the collapse of the case was not a "one-off peculiarity created solely by outdated legislation".
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
Escola’s work has always been blissfully weird yet totally charming, hyper-confident in its discerning peculiarity.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025
When it is on the lookout, the meerkat has the peculiarity of standing perfecdy upright on the tips of its back legs, balancing itself tripod-like with its tail.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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"Ananya's work demonstrates that each of these peculiarities can be explained by the same underlying phenomenon: the tidal destruction of a binary system and the capture of one of the stars," Coughlin says.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
By 1943, autism was used to describe children with "fascinating peculiarities" who weren't interested in the world around them.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The SpaceX IPO had some peculiarities that have made the stock especially volatile, and betoken more volatility ahead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
But the peculiarities of the 30-stock Dow are likely to limit any immediate effect.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
I should say that chief among the peculiarities of the new regime was the use of surnames in address.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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