quirk
Example Sentences
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After the overwhelming success of “Float On” and “Good News…,” Modest Mouse continued to peddle an unlikely balance of DIY quirk with commercial polish.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Avoiding difficult conversations is not a CEO personality quirk.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
The company’s earnings will also be hurt by an accounting quirk that forces the company to take paper losses on the value of hedging contracts before realizing gains from increases in commodity prices.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
But, like OpenAI's goblin quirk, generative AI mistakes can sometimes be more bizarre and innocuous.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
This, again, was a quirk and shortcoming of Sing Sing.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing quirk
40 SAT words Beginning with "Q"
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