1
as in exotic
something strange or unusual that is an object of interest
an American visitor in that remote Chinese village is a rarity
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as in exception
something that is different from what is ordinary or expected
a meal accompanied by wine is a rarity in this house
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Recent Examples of rarity
But actually finding these fossils is a rarity.
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Regina G. Barber, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
While Happy Feet’s story certainly shocked many people, King notes that sights like that aren’t a rarity for the rescue organization.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Charges against Ray Collins and Jocelyne Robledo were dropped after a grand jury declined to bring an indictment, a rarity in the federal court system.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Soft Cell were among the first widely popular synth-pop groups, creating music nearly entirely with electronics — a relative rarity in the early ‘80s that, powered by the rise of MTV, quickly became common.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
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Regina G. Barber, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
While Happy Feet’s story certainly shocked many people, King notes that sights like that aren’t a rarity for the rescue organization.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Charges against Ray Collins and Jocelyne Robledo were dropped after a grand jury declined to bring an indictment, a rarity in the federal court system.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Soft Cell were among the first widely popular synth-pop groups, creating music nearly entirely with electronics — a relative rarity in the early ‘80s that, powered by the rise of MTV, quickly became common.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rarity
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Native to Brazil and other South American and Central American countries, colorful peacock bass were stocked in South Florida canals in the mid-1980s by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to control the population of undesirable exotics like tilapia.—
Steve Waters,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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European exotics were also present.—
Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Excellence will become the expectation across government, not the exception.—
TIME Video,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The only exception is if the registration deadline falls on a Sunday or legal holiday, according to the Secretary of State website.—
Mariyam Muhammad,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Nov. 2025
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With the facial articulation of a silent film star crossed with the savagery of a post-Saw killer, Art went from underground curiosity to horror icon within a decade.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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These and other sequences, handled with anthropological curiosity rather than voyeurism, probe the shifting balance of power between giver and taker.—
Catherine Bray,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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That’s a 1,000× power reduction for real-time anomaly detection at the sensor.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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Will Smith’s solo blast in the 11th sealed the Jays’ fate, but along the way fans feasted on a host of World Series anomalies, including a rare bench-clearing in the bottom of the fourth after Dodgers reliever Justin Wrobleski plunked Jays shortstop Andrés Giménez with a four-seamer.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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The South is filled with natural wonders, from dramatic gorges and massive cave systems to beautiful wetlands and pristine beaches.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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As the weather quickly cools, swapping your sheets can do wonders for your sleep.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 Oct. 2025
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More troubling, however, was that in several cases, these young and healthy males demonstrated EKG abnormalities.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
30 Oct. 2025
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Sometimes, a person has no symptoms of bladder cancer, but a healthcare provider detects an abnormality on a routine physical exam or a physical exam that was performed for another medical purpose.—
Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
29 Oct. 2025
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Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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In this Canadian oddity, the fictional band Triton holes up in a farmhouse to record their new album.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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One of the marvels of Incan design is its masonry, encountered frequently in Cuzco and all through Machu Picchu.—
Ryan Knighton,
AFAR Media,
31 Oct. 2025
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This natural marvel, known as the Emerald Cave, is only part of the experience, which begins on the Colorado River where Nevada meets Arizona.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Rarity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rarity. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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