as in trick
an odd or peculiar habit
a college professor with singularities of dress and speech that have long endeared him to his students
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Recent Examples of singularity
The team element is a refreshing change from the oppressive singularity of the ATP tour.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Kurzweil’s singularity parallels ideas from Italian and Russian futurists amid the electrical and mechanical revolutions that took place at the turn of the 20th century.
—Sonja Fritzsche, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Nobody else in the episode dresses like Hart; his costume clearly establishes his singularity, which reveals its full colors later in the series.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025
But yeah, the singularity is for sure an idea that is relevant to this whole sector of things.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2025
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Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Kurzweil’s singularity parallels ideas from Italian and Russian futurists amid the electrical and mechanical revolutions that took place at the turn of the 20th century.
—Sonja Fritzsche, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Nobody else in the episode dresses like Hart; his costume clearly establishes his singularity, which reveals its full colors later in the series.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025
But yeah, the singularity is for sure an idea that is relevant to this whole sector of things.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for singularity
Noun
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Pumpkin carving and trick-or-treating are also on this month's calendar for the shelter's young residents, who range from under a year old to 18.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
21 Oct. 2025
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The trick was just finding that next pile of exorbitant wealth and luring it in with our siren song of cultural relevance and creative ambition.—
John Lopez,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
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Sadly, the Volvo EX30 missed its moment to be great, but retains some appealing characteristics.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Taking inspiration from the Greek enchantress Circe, the fragrance embodies her mythical characteristics of seduction and power, alongside rebellion and creation.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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DNA tests can also provide clues about your dog’s temperament, helping explain some of their individual behaviors and traits.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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The protagonist bears the name of Dostoyevsky’s son Alyosha and many of Solovyov’s traits.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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Their mannerisms change a little bit.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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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
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Rhoden and her colleagues studied how the eccentricity could have changed to recreate what is seen at Mimas today.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Out beyond the orbit of Triton, which orbits Neptune in a little under 6 days, the other Neptunian moons have their orbital periods measured in years, and appear at a wide variety of angles and with large eccentricities.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Oct. 2025
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This has been Bears-Saints, with enough peculiarity to warrant its own documentary series.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Its complexities and peculiarities are only dimly recalled, if at all, by many readers.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And part of that individualism is careerism.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Reason, rationalism, individualism, the rejection of the past, the framing of custom as an obstacle, the idealization of progress and perpetual renewal: Bezos would recognize all of this, and perhaps nod in vigorous assent.—
Paul Kingsnorth,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The wonderfully ridiculous brainchild of co-stars/directors Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, the mockumentary follows a group of vampires living in an apartment in New Zealand and struggling with the idiosyncrasies of modern times.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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All of Parker’s records have a particular idiosyncrasy, a wobble, a beat that’s not beating.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Singularity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singularity. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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