curiosa

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Noun
  • The institution is chock-full of incredible ephemera.
    Kinsey Gidick, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • History Colorado, the state’s largest historical institution, confirmed this week that Barber has donated his massive collection of neon signs, matchbooks and menus, photographs, letters, and other ephemera from Colfax Avenue’s long, diverse history.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Native to Brazil and other South American and Central American countries, colorful peacock bass were stocked in South Florida canals in the mid-1980s by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to control the population of undesirable exotics like tilapia.
    Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
  • European exotics were also present.
    Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Each video, on its own, is a digital curio, the value of which drops to zero after the initial view.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Made in Ancient Egypt, which opened this month at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum, features commemorative stela, golden coffins and masks, and sundry curios created in a style that changed very little down the centuries.
    Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Insecure just gets it, and still manages to not only still keep our interest for five seasons, but also finish strong—a rarity on TV, even on HBO.
    John Ortved, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
  • There are two net-new black jackets present in the capsule, which is a rarity considering the minimalist, unadorned hue is one Sanoë has typically stayed away from.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Curiosa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curiosa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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