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Recent Examples of peculiarity Many other aircraft types contain similar peculiarities. Zach Wichter, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025 There’s a peculiarity with ownership in soccer today. Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025 Thompson said she is continually confused by the film’s popularity because of its formal peculiarities. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2025 The world according to Jim: • This is another of those peculiarities that make Southern California … well, different. Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for peculiarity
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Noun
  • The fast food giant announced the return of the classic Halloween item, which makes the perfect vessel for storing candy that is picked up while making the rounds of trick-or-treating.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Basically, a kid goes out trick-or-treating on Halloween.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Early on, astronomers were able to determine with a high degree of certainty that the object is a comet, but work has continued to get a better idea of its size and phyisical characteristics.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Each house will be defined by a sign with certain characteristics that will map out your life.
    Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • More importantly, both people have to actually want to share the role, which is a trait that doesn’t always align with personalities drawn to being a CEO.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In Monica Hooper is an award-winning features writer specializing in entertainment news for Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Security Camera Deals The Arlo Pro 5S 2K is currently at a 46% discount, which makes its premium features feel like a much better buy.
    Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In doing so, Piccioli subtly weaves in his own creative quirks, while winking (from behind dark glasses) at his predecessor — a way of not entirely unsettling the clientele won over during the previous decade.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • And this is because Creighton embraced all his quirks.
    H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Ndiaye, stationed on the right, had more space to conjure the game-winning moment of quality.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Since the video went viral, internet users have praised their adorable bond, as many are obsessed by Maude’s dog-like mannerisms.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Would this new body still be the same person with all their quirks and mannerisms, as well as sharing the same interests or dislikes, or a version of them?
    Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Those attributes — earning Piccioli a reputation in fashion as one of its great romantics — were also apparent in his designs for Balenciaga, which incorporated plenty of thoughtful details that referenced the archive.
    Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
  • One of Lipa’s most significant attributes is the husky tone of her mezzo-soprano, lending a gritty roughness to her songs’ pop polish.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Peculiarity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculiarity. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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