peculiar

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It may seem peculiar that it takes up so much room in comparison to the 9,600 square feet given to the new galleries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

This dinosaur belonged to a peculiar group of bird like theropods called alvarezsaurs.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Let’s begin with the peculiar set of events that led to the firing of a Cabinet official.

From Slate • Mar. 7, 2026

Equally peculiar was a performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto that served as transition from “Humboldt” to “Egmont.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

I cannot exaggerate the enhanced disquiet into which this conversation threw me, or the special and peculiar terror I felt at Compeyson’s having been behind me “like a ghost.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens