as in trick
an odd or peculiar habit
a college professor with singularities of dress and speech that have long endeared him to his students
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Recent Examples of singularity
Going to the Super Bowl is about participating in monoculture while simultaneously asserting your singularity.
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Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
The reigning champions have a singularity on their side.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
But by the New York Times bestselling author and pop culture essayist’s own admission, no topic has loomed larger or longer in his mind than the ironies, ecstasies and singularity of American football.
—Zack Ruskin, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2026
As that region collapsed, quantum effects prevented a final singularity, causing spacetime to rebound and expand again.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026
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Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
The reigning champions have a singularity on their side.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
But by the New York Times bestselling author and pop culture essayist’s own admission, no topic has loomed larger or longer in his mind than the ironies, ecstasies and singularity of American football.
—Zack Ruskin, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2026
As that region collapsed, quantum effects prevented a final singularity, causing spacetime to rebound and expand again.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for singularity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for singularity
Noun
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The only trick now is for the league to get a team to the final Monday night of the season and actually cut down the nets.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Eating a balanced diet should do the trick for the majority.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The best Rockies lineups have always offered a blend of characteristics.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Stanford School of Medicine prohibits unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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In an at-home experiment, participants completed psychological profiles that measured the strength of their self-control trait.—
Francine Russo,
Scientific American,
28 Mar. 2026
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That trait, mixed with his undying and lifelong love for the organization, can yield very good results.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Nor does Thomas, with all his erudition and vatic mannerisms, manage to have with his son anything close to the loving, reciprocal relationship that Max has with Emmie.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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His young nephew provided the entertainment, whacking a plastic ball around with a toy club on the lawn, replicating pro golf mannerisms a little too closely.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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In addition to Dougie, Rockin’ Grandma’s employees all have their eccentricities.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
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With the exception of the central character played by Judy Greer, all the figures onscreen display the sort of eccentricities that are presumably meant to be either amusing or endearing but instead simply come across as odd.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Mar. 2026
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The unexpectedly weird shows, though, their individual peculiarities can be fascinating.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
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The peculiarity of Ouédraogo’s seemingly straightforward and classical practice is to evoke distances, conjuring wide spaces between the images—which is to say, between the characters depicted in them—and to bring those spaces to life.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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Unexpected color-blocking combos are just one way to give your bedscape a stamp of individualism.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2026
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Even her clothing is a reflection of her individualism.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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So the city’s idiosyncrasies have always appealed to me.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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Polymarket is in the business of transforming the news cycle into a series of hedgable data points; real estate, with all its possible variables and idiosyncrasies, is a natural extension.—
Molly Osberg,
Curbed,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Singularity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singularity. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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