as in tricks
an odd or peculiar habit
wearing red shoes every day is just one of her quirks
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Recent Examples of quirks
The spindle’s mechanical quirks show just how weird materials science can get at the finest scales of life.
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Jake Buehler,
Quanta Magazine,
29 June 2026
Fortunately, the underlying hardware platform feels substantially more mature than the occasional software quirks suggest.
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Michael Lydick,
PC Magazine,
29 June 2026
The wines nod to both Rhône and Bordeaux varieties grown across three estate vineyards in the Rocks District and Yakima Valley, with room for quirks such as Picpoul and the Portuguese Tinta Cão that grow almost nowhere else in the country.
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Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
This, and other quirks of pronunciation or vocabulary, are easy tells when accents have otherwise smoothed into plain old American and traditional clothing has been shed in favor of jeans and T-shirts.
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Eythana Miller,
The Dial,
23 June 2026
All of these updates could help address some of the quirks The Verge’s Jennifer Pattison Tuohy noticed while trying out Google’s updated smart home system last year, like event logs with detailed descriptions of people who weren’t there, and things that didn’t happen.
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Stevie Bonifield,
The Verge,
23 June 2026
What’s to come The goal is to preserve all the building’s quirks, even if they can’t be explained.
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Mark Price
updated June 22,
Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
McKendrick said with a laugh, explaining one of the film’s more memorable quirks.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
18 June 2026
The first model had a few quirks.
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Andrew Niemchick Britannica Editors June 17,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
17 June 2026
Jake Buehler,
Quanta Magazine,
29 June 2026
Fortunately, the underlying hardware platform feels substantially more mature than the occasional software quirks suggest.
—
Michael Lydick,
PC Magazine,
29 June 2026
The wines nod to both Rhône and Bordeaux varieties grown across three estate vineyards in the Rocks District and Yakima Valley, with room for quirks such as Picpoul and the Portuguese Tinta Cão that grow almost nowhere else in the country.
—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
This, and other quirks of pronunciation or vocabulary, are easy tells when accents have otherwise smoothed into plain old American and traditional clothing has been shed in favor of jeans and T-shirts.
—
Eythana Miller,
The Dial,
23 June 2026
All of these updates could help address some of the quirks The Verge’s Jennifer Pattison Tuohy noticed while trying out Google’s updated smart home system last year, like event logs with detailed descriptions of people who weren’t there, and things that didn’t happen.
—
Stevie Bonifield,
The Verge,
23 June 2026
What’s to come The goal is to preserve all the building’s quirks, even if they can’t be explained.
—
Mark Price
updated June 22,
Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
McKendrick said with a laugh, explaining one of the film’s more memorable quirks.
—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
18 June 2026
The first model had a few quirks.
—
Andrew Niemchick Britannica Editors June 17,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quirks
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This month was all about the art choices—and a couple clever tricks, too.
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Consider the four tricks designers keep up their sleeves for this exact situation.
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The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people — including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.
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Despite numerous myths, a cat's fur color does not impact its personality traits.
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Instead, Nowell roots the band’s sound in the mid-’90s and keeps his vocal mannerisms as close to Bradley’s as possible.
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His behavior, his voice, his accent, his physical mannerisms, everything was so particular to him, but also to New York at a certain time, and in a certain kind of crowd.
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Due to her limited knowledge of the lore, there were characteristics that guided her transformation.
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Three months later, the Supreme Court voted to allow immigration agents to stop people based on racial or ethnic characteristics while still-ongoing litigation against it proceeded.
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Anta Claus is spilling over with character flaws, idiosyncrasies, jealousy and frustration.
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There’s an intrinsic pleasure in seeing filmmakers grow both older and weirder, yielding to their personal idiosyncrasies and obsessions, taking wild chances in pursuit of their passions.
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The stylistic eccentricities have been dialed back, including the use of old Hollywood film clips to reflect the action and possibly the thoughts of its main character, a cinephile from space, who is both practicing and enacting the work of a private detective.
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Designers embraced audacious concepts, leading to iconic cars like the Corvette and Thunderbird, alongside numerous eccentricities.
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Nearly 1 out of every 20 Americans could have reasonably expected tens of thousands of dollars in relief and shaped their spending habits accordingly.
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That means the mix in your mouth today is not fixed, and habits move it in one direction or the other over time.
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If the job of a debut album is to introduce an artist to the world, while a sophomore album reinforces their reputation, then a third album offers a channel for artists to expand beyond the familiar tricks and peculiarities that shot them to fame in the first place.
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For thousands of years, scholars have investigated the peculiarities of irrational numbers.
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