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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 scoring infrequency is a feature of soccer...not a bug.—
Rob Reed,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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Its legroom is more vast, an automotive rarity.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
1 May 2026
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Playoff no-hitters are a rarity, yet Benbrook has history of it.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The scarcity and rising cost of natural gas doesn’t worry me much, because most of my energy comes from the solar panels on my roof.—
Tom Caffery,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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Like, somebody that has lived with scarcity.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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Money was counted daily, spoken of incessantly, felt in its paucity like a ghost in each room.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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But there is a major paucity of urologists in the United States, with about four urologists for every 100,000 Americans, according to the American Urological Association’s 2024 census.—
Denise Asafu-Adjei,
STAT,
13 Apr. 2026
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Right now, there’s no shortage of competition.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The shortage is particularly acute in the Philippines, which has declared a national state of energy emergency and risks running out of fuel.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
3 May 2026
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The United Nations Development Programme reports that higher energy prices, disrupted food systems, and economic slowdowns triggered by the war could push up to thirty-two million people globally into poverty.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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The art world has been in a recession for 15 years, galleries are closing, young collectors are holding back, and artists trying to make it in the major market centers are living on the brink of poverty.—
Magnus Resch,
ARTnews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Rareness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rareness. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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