as in curiosity
an eager desire to find out about things that are often none of one's business
children have a natural curiousness about where babies come from
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Noun
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Steelman died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1986 — the same year that Greenberg, a scrappy reporter for City magazine in Tucson, got a tip about Gretzler that sparked her curiosity.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
11 Jan. 2026 -
The Rusty Bolt masterfully turns scrap metal into folk art, with its mannequins and rusty cars, while Copper Cart offers classic Americana and Southwestern curiosities.—
Daria Bachmann,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Grimsson pointed out that concerns about Russia or China's growing influence in the Arctic were overblown.—
Anniek Bao,Dan Murphy,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2026
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With the protests in Iran growing by the day, the conversations in our chats changed to signs of hope even amid grave concerns about our family's safety.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Curiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curiousness. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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