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rarity

noun as in uncommon occurrence

noun as in rare thing; curiosity

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The weed that is now a discomfiting menace was once a rarity.

The trial, which began Monday, has marked a pair of legal rarities in L.A.

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It was made of 99.999% gold—a rarity and the result of a sophisticated chemical process.

The rarity of the painting justified the costs.

The auctioneers called it "a timepiece of almost mythical status, it stands as the ultimate convergence of historical significance, design mastery, mechanical innovation, and rarity".

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