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
One quick line, in which an elderly woman recognizes Mark’s sport as one that was threatened with a legal ban, suggests both its controversy and its singularity, but the subject is dropped as casually as it’s mentioned.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
The team element is a refreshing change from the oppressive singularity of the ATP tour.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
This fusion of human and machine echoes Kurzweil’s singularity.
—Sonja Fritzsche, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Nobody else in the episode dresses like Hart; his costume clearly establishes his singularity, which reveals its full colors later in the series.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
The team element is a refreshing change from the oppressive singularity of the ATP tour.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
This fusion of human and machine echoes Kurzweil’s singularity.
—Sonja Fritzsche, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Nobody else in the episode dresses like Hart; his costume clearly establishes his singularity, which reveals its full colors later in the series.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for singularity
Noun
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In the weeks leading up to Halloween, Newman continues to share wig tips ahead of partying and trick-or-treating.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Apple and caramel dips Apples are a top-tier fall fruit and a healthy, on-theme choice for trick-or-treaters.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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Ancelotti and Zidane certainly had their own tactical ideas, but were also pragmatic and based game plans primarily on the characteristics (strengths and weaknesses) of the squad made available to them.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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For the chattering women, by contrast, the tool of power is writing; and for people who were almost certainly illiterate, the writing takes on almost magical characteristics.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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This trait is due to Virgo’s desire to get along with everyone and keep the drama to a minimum.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Kelly McGreal , Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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The music video takes things a step further with Joel's dramatic facial expressions and mannerisms that were comparable to Mick's swagger.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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There’s a cultural thing in Jewish people; our mannerisms and the way our parents and grandparents word sentences.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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The same goes for Lanthimos’ ability to draw performances out of actors that suggest a freedom to indulge in eccentricity, the stranger the better.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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Rhoden and her colleagues studied how the eccentricity could have changed to recreate what is seen at Mimas today.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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This has been Bears-Saints, with enough peculiarity to warrant its own documentary series.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Its complexities and peculiarities are only dimly recalled, if at all, by many readers.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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The America that grew on rugged individualism and the thought that working hard is the only way to succeed in life got increasingly uncomfortable with such a large population accepting money from the government for doing nothing.—
Stephanie Land,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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The mix of private-property culture, individualism, and the country’s fragmented zoning laws creates ideal conditions for personal grudges to solidify into real estate.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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His own composer as usual, Amenabar here tends to underline the film’s shortcomings, rather than elevate its idiosyncrasies with an original score that’s too conventional by half.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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This has been the friction that’s underneath all of the idiosyncrasy.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Singularity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singularity. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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