curiosa

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Noun
  • Some editions were signed, and all contained collectible paper ephemera, some randomized.
    Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 22 June 2025
  • Then there’s Bittner Antiques of Shelburne, Vt., which specializes in a range of antiques, vintage, and old objects, which include watches, jewelry, silver, fine art, books and ephemera, photography, military, furniture, collectibles, coins and currency, Americana, and decorative art.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But there’s much more to the apartment than a mere accumulation of objets de vertu.
    Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Crawford is an inveterate collector, a hunter-gatherer par excellence, and her home is a testament to decades spent amassing oddities and objets de vertu of every stripe.
    Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 28 June 2024
Noun
  • These are very tastefully laid off, with walks and carriage drives, and are covered with a profusion of rare exotics, beautiful flowers, and semi-tropical plants of every variety known to this climate.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 4 July 2025
  • The question is, if our native plants evolved under the local conditions, how on earth do these exotics outcompete them?
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Wes Anderson's latest curio, The Phoenician Scheme, held strong in its second week of release to score the No. 6 spot with a $6.2 million take.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 8 June 2025
  • Trapped: Mind-Altering Shorts Date & Venue TBA Tap into the collective unconscious of a rogue’s gallery of grifters, hermits, and sociopaths with our infamous showcase of gloriously confounding cinematic curios.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Stalter is refreshingly comfortable in her own skin—a rarity in Hollywood (and everywhere else, really).
    Lindy Segal, Glamour, 7 July 2025
  • But that isn’t the case for the Cardinals, who are a rarity in this regard.
    Katie Woo, New York Times, 6 July 2025
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“Curiosa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curiosa. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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