sui generis
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Once considered the product of two distinct artists, “Boy With a Basket of Fruit” speaks to the intensity of Caravaggio’s spectacular, sui generis vision of what Italian naturalism would become in his hands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
This is also something that has brought us together, for good or for bad, and that has a governance which has been almost sui generis and which is working.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
To them, even after eight years of experience, the president is some type of sui generis figure, an aberration in American politics and culture.
From Salon • Aug. 30, 2025
Although there are original screenwriters aplenty in Hollywood, it’s hard to imagine anyone more truly sui generis than Charlie Kaufman.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025
She thought of the sui generis Hixby’s guidebook, the fictitious Judge Quinzy, and the mysterious danger Miss Mortimer had warned her about.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
