originals

noun

plural of original
1
as in prototypes
something from which copies are made please make copies to hand out, but keep the original

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2
as in eccentrics
a person of odd or whimsical habits the town's singing mailman is an original, all right

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Recent Examples of originals The brand added that each miniature style is cut from the same silk and finished with prints, piping and proportions that follow the originals as closely as possible. — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026 David Attenborough’s nature specials sit alongside Emmy-winning originals like Stephen Hawking’s Favorite Places, so there’s plenty here beyond typical streaming filler. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026 In addition to Wilson’s originals, the album found her singing renditions of songs by Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, and Ann Peebles. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026 Between exciting originals and can’t-miss classics, Netflix has plenty of choice picks on its September lineup. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Sep. 2026 Hart’s production company, Hartbeat, will make vertical originals for microdrama platform aTwist. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026 Singer-songwriter who blew up on TikTok showcases indie-pop originals. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026 However, Love Overboard did not garner the same level of attention as some of Hulu’s other unscripted originals, including The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, The Kardashians and Vanderpump Villa. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026 Beyond establishing the foundation of her own career, the works assisted in milestone moments for fellow iconic superstars — including a pair of significant Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hits — in markedly different renditions from the originals. — Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for originals
  1. prototypes
  2. eccentrics
  3. sources
  4. characters
  5. examples
  6. nuts
  7. blueprints
  8. rarities
Noun
  • Inside, archival photographs, sketches, prototypes, and text tell the story of Neapolitan cobbler Salvatore Ferragamo’s rise to fame and fortune.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The others, with visible sensors and cameras hanging off every corner of the vehicles, look like prototypes.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of prototypes
Noun
  • No documentarian has a better eye for intriguing oddballs than Errol Morris, who built his feature film career on drawing them out in conversation, from pet-cemetery owners in Gates of Heaven to small-town eccentrics in Vernon, Florida.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Dippold has populated the show with lovable eccentrics played by great character actors—Dale Dickey, Jeff Hiller, Tim Baltz.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
Definition of eccentrics
Noun
  • Club sources, speaking anonymously to protect relationships, say his influence has grown in the aftermath of those departures.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Production outside the Middle East ramped up Another significant adjustment during the Iran war was the ramp-up in oil production from unexpected sources.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of sources
Noun
  • Their work on ‘Daruma’ showed an ability to tell a story involving disability with authenticity, humor, and humanity, without ever allowing disability to define the characters.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
  • And then there is Cape Verde’s 40-year-old Vozinha, whose remarkable 2026 World Cup run offered another reminder of why goalkeepers can become some of soccer’s most compelling characters.
    — Asli Pelit, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of characters
Noun
  • Freedom, the Second Amendment, the greatest military in the history of the world, gorgeous nature from coast to coast, cheap domestic light beer and other examples that would take me a month to list.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • But these examples demonstrate what’s both possible and necessary in higher education.
    — Sian Leah Beilock, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of examples
Noun
  • The Central Valley is known as America’s salad bowl, for its vast production fruits, vegetables and nuts that stock refrigerators and kitchen tables across America.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Many of California’s Asian American leaders have come through that boot camp, which provides training on the nuts-and-bolts of organizing, media relations, and messaging.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of nuts
Noun
  • For more than a century, college football has inspired the building of vast concrete-and-steel on-campus cathedrals — only for the names on the blueprints to become historical footnotes.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The genes serve as blueprints for making proteins that drive brain development, but researchers lacked visibility into how those proteins do the work.
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of blueprints
Noun
  • With price tags far beyond the reach of the average museum, many of these rarities end up in private collections, including those of celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Unlike Russell, whose legacy has been beautifully maintained in books, films, and re-releases, Hall’s solo work has only been available as a series of rarities and independent releases.
    — Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026
Definition of rarities

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