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Recent Examples of idiosyncratic
While coming into her own in New York City, Kirkland got wrapped up with the emergent scene around the idiosyncratic artist Andy Warhol.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Nov. 2025
But where the exhibitions on Cribs were charmingly, sometimes garishly, idiosyncratic, today’s represent a subtler and often more generic version of taste.
—Kim Hew-Low, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
In the decade since its debut, that sneakily idiosyncratic show with oddball plots and winning performances by beloved characters has slowly but surely made its mark.
—Claire McNear, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2025
There’s also her idiosyncratic finsta, her brand deal with Gen Z seltzer brand Liquid Death, and her Sports Illustrated cover.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
The festival opens on October 31 with Stéphane Demoustier’s The Great Arch, starring Claes Bang as late idiosyncratic architect Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, and closes on November 9 with Kent Jones’ Late Fame, starring Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
Stock action like this on otherwise strong businesses that is due to an idiosyncratic event like weather that is not likely to recur generally gets the attention of good value investors.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
For example, the city is currently seeing a notable spike in independent bookstores catering to idiosyncratic tastes—but this is not a new phenomenon.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Some of it is all-time great, some of it not, all of it idiosyncratic.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Nov. 2025
But where the exhibitions on Cribs were charmingly, sometimes garishly, idiosyncratic, today’s represent a subtler and often more generic version of taste.
—Kim Hew-Low, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
In the decade since its debut, that sneakily idiosyncratic show with oddball plots and winning performances by beloved characters has slowly but surely made its mark.
—Claire McNear, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2025
There’s also her idiosyncratic finsta, her brand deal with Gen Z seltzer brand Liquid Death, and her Sports Illustrated cover.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
The festival opens on October 31 with Stéphane Demoustier’s The Great Arch, starring Claes Bang as late idiosyncratic architect Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, and closes on November 9 with Kent Jones’ Late Fame, starring Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
Stock action like this on otherwise strong businesses that is due to an idiosyncratic event like weather that is not likely to recur generally gets the attention of good value investors.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
For example, the city is currently seeing a notable spike in independent bookstores catering to idiosyncratic tastes—but this is not a new phenomenon.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Some of it is all-time great, some of it not, all of it idiosyncratic.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for idiosyncratic
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His legacy is alive and well in the nightclubs of Recife, the capital city, where couples dance to forró’s distinctive ringing of triangles and humming zabumba drum until the early hours.—
Carolina Abbott Galvão,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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With 18 patterns in dinner, dessert, and mini sizes, these plates make your holiday table distinctive, sans the post-feast cleanup marathon.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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That characteristic ionization marks a full-fledged planetary nebula.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Nov. 2025
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This gas then erupts from the shell of the comet, casting off solid dust and growing the halo around a comet, the coma, and its characteristic cometary tail.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Another intriguing possibility is to wait until the wireless world’s progress to ever-shorter wavelengths finally hits the millimeter band, which is small enough to resolve most identifying details.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
16 Jan. 2020
Adjective
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The work, led by Professor Zijian Li, confirms that the synergistic effect of K+ and C3N4 co-intercalation significantly reduces the electrostatic interaction between Zn2+ and the [VOn] layer, improves the specific capacity and cycling stability.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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Get specific prompts to optimize emails, memos and presentations for tone, context and audience.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The scale of this social media-free existence felt more human, more intimate.—
Lindsay Lowe,
Parents,
8 Nov. 2025
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With just 13 bedrooms overlooking Bantry Bay, the hotel stands as an intimate ode to art and viticulture.—
Emily Baldwin,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The resulting four-bedroom, three-bathroom residence feels both layered and deeply personal.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
12 Nov. 2025
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La Santa passed Wednesday’s callback inspection after the rodents either moved to new housing, gone on vacation or were more subtle about their personal waste disposal.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Black walnuts have an extremely hard shell that requires special tools or a heavy hammer to crack.—
Randy Moll,
Arkansas Online,
11 Nov. 2025
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To help compensate for the closure, the lower-level fine dining restaurant, George’s at the Cove, will offer lunch and dinner service when it’s not closed for special events, and its Level2 dining room and bar will remain open during the construction work.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Idiosyncratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idiosyncratic. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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