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
Still, many scientists haven’t ruled out runaway RSI, sometimes called the singularity.
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Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
Some works don’t need to be reimagined to remain relevant, and their singularity should be reason enough alone for the people most inspired by them to leave them untouched.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
Armed with this map, the Kinematic Intelligence framework enables robots to go around their singularities using a strategy the team calls a track cycle.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 26 Apr. 2026
In Fiduccia’s perceptive reading, binaries such as abstraction and likeness, form and formlessness, seriality and singularity, take on dialectical tension and interrelation.
—Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
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Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
Some works don’t need to be reimagined to remain relevant, and their singularity should be reason enough alone for the people most inspired by them to leave them untouched.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
Armed with this map, the Kinematic Intelligence framework enables robots to go around their singularities using a strategy the team calls a track cycle.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 26 Apr. 2026
In Fiduccia’s perceptive reading, binaries such as abstraction and likeness, form and formlessness, seriality and singularity, take on dialectical tension and interrelation.
—Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for singularity
Noun
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Artists and couturiers are fond of the whimsy of trompe l’oeil, the trick of the eye, the illusion of reality.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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Cohesion is the trick, and color does most of the work.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
19 June 2026
Noun
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Those characteristics could make the biochar useful beyond fuel applications.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 June 2026
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Though every case is unique, based on those that the NCMEC has tracked, there are some common characteristics among individuals who carry out fetal abductions, Steinbach says.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2026
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By nature of Darwinism, insects resistant to certain controls often breed and multiply in a garden, passing on that resistance as a genetic trait.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
20 June 2026
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Charles Darwin also proposed that intersexual selection involved females evaluating and choosing males with whom to mate based on specific traits, such as a colorful peacock plumage.—
Rachel Brodsky,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2026
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Instead, Nowell roots the band’s sound in the mid-’90s and keeps his vocal mannerisms as close to Bradley’s as possible.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
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His behavior, his voice, his accent, his physical mannerisms, everything was so particular to him, but also to New York at a certain time, and in a certain kind of crowd.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
14 June 2026
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Where the movie’s true eccentricity comes in is in its combination of breezy comedy with shocking brutality and gore, perhaps most exemplified in an oddly casual moment in a morgue where Seagal and Wayans find a clue in the form of a serial number on a dead woman’s breast implant.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
5 June 2026
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Luna spends the day in the socially conscious sign of Aquarius, shifting the emotional tone toward intellect, perspective, eccentricity and detachment.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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For thousands of years, scholars have investigated the peculiarities of irrational numbers.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
19 June 2026
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Rose of Nevada’s power lies in its peculiarities.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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In a world hellbent on celebrating individualism – selfies and influencers and likes and followers – New York won as a collective.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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Surely the tournament would be invisible in a country that had loudly discounted soccer as a sport incompatible with rugged individualism and apple pie, wouldn’t it?—
Beau Dure,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Anta Claus is spilling over with character flaws, idiosyncrasies, jealousy and frustration.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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There’s an intrinsic pleasure in seeing filmmakers grow both older and weirder, yielding to their personal idiosyncrasies and obsessions, taking wild chances in pursuit of their passions.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
16 June 2026
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“Singularity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singularity. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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