plural rarities
1
: the quality, state, or fact of being rare
2
: one that is rare
Examples of rarity in a Sentence
In most sports, athletes over the age of 50 are rarities.
Snow is a rarity in this part of the world.
He is selling most of his collection, keeping only the real rarities.
The rarity of the disease makes it difficult to diagnose.
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Harpring keyed the win with a 40-point performance — by no means a rarity — and broke the GHSA’s all-time career points record in the opening minutes.
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Jack Leo, AJC.com, 6 Apr. 2026
The rarity of seeing such a long period of stoppage time gave the natives reason to fight, a light at the end of the tunnel to chase.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Three diamond rarity is part of a rating system some card collectors use and means that a card is hard to acquire.
—Jason Hidalgo, The Providence Journal, 6 Apr. 2026
Despite the implementation of the chip cards, Healey’s office maintains that SNAP fraud is a rarity in Massachusetts, saying that less than one-percent of the entire SNAP caseload has been found tied to fraud.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
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Jack Leo, AJC.com, 6 Apr. 2026
The rarity of seeing such a long period of stoppage time gave the natives reason to fight, a light at the end of the tunnel to chase.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Three diamond rarity is part of a rating system some card collectors use and means that a card is hard to acquire.
—Jason Hidalgo, The Providence Journal, 6 Apr. 2026
Despite the implementation of the chip cards, Healey’s office maintains that SNAP fraud is a rarity in Massachusetts, saying that less than one-percent of the entire SNAP caseload has been found tied to fraud.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Rarity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rarity. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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rarity
noun
rar·i·ty
ˈrar-ət-ē 
ˈrer-
plural rarities
1
: the quality, state, or fact of being rare
2
: someone or something rare
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