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as in infrequency
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as in rarity
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Recent Examples of rareness
The children, mesmerized, must have sensed the rareness of such a night, too.
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Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rareness
Noun
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The pandemic escalated the pricing on dining out and the infrequency of social interactions.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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But the relative infrequency of sightings makes each and every one even more exciting.—
Stefanie Waldek,
AFAR Media,
12 Sep. 2025
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He was named the school’s athletic director in 1980, a rarity for non-football coaches, particularly in the SPC.—
Ishmael Johnson,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Mar. 2026
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While its skull is almost completely intact—a rarity for fossils of this age—part of the face is shattered, complicating its study.—
Margherita Bassi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Living in scarcity can be incredibly isolating.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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Part of the declines are a function of a maturing business where teams in a market like San Diego curtailed freebies and cheap tickets and moved toward a model of greater scarcity and premium experiences.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Environmental factors are believed to be at play — an abundance of near-work activities, screen time at early ages and a paucity of time spent outdoors.—
Brian Park,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
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One potential showstopper after another fell flat, every song undersold and suffering from a paucity of punch.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
28 Jan. 2026
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Progress in robotics Agility’s humanoid robot, Digit, has already entered the market, demonstrating its readiness to tackle the labor shortage in factories and warehouses.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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Fuel prices in Asia have surged in recent days as processors reduce activity rates due to a shortage of crude, while state-of-the-art refineries in the Middle East cut production as storage runs out.—
Nicholas Lua,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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South Carolina applied in June for federal approval to extend Medicaid eligibility to nondisabled parents and caregivers ages 19 to 64 who earn 67-100% of the federal poverty level.—
Daniel Chang,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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These cuts contribute to deeper poverty, more crowded living situations and poor sanitation that create an ideal environment for the world’s deadliest disease, the Stanford researcher said.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Rareness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rareness. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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