specialness

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Recent Examples of specialness And to do two weddings in a finale would've deprived the specialness from both of them. Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026 Its accessibility only amplifies its specialness. Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 The real loss is the specialness. Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026 Stanton’s disdain for immigrants led her into emergent realms of pseudoscience that would transform into eugenics; her rhetoric about women strayed from the principle of gender equality into essentialist ideas about women’s feminine specialness. Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026 At least the quality of cabin materials—the complex leather stitching, the suppleness of the hide, the tasteful integration of carbon-fiber trim—lends the cabin a feeling of specialness that mitigates some of the tech frustrations. Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2026 And adults reinforced the child's sense of specialness by holding him to a higher standard. Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026 Watson made his biggest scientific discovery as a young man, only 25 years old, and his sense of his own abilities, his own specialness, seemed never to mature beyond a young man’s bravado. Kathryn Paige Harden, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025 The hair that would otherwise sprout from his postpubescent body has been replaced by the residues of fire—that Promethean symbol of dawning human specialness. Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for specialness
Noun
  • But there have also been many mid-30s former All-Stars who couldn’t muster anything remotely close to greatness during their twilight tours with the Heat.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Between 2009 and 2018, their rivalry transformed El Clasico into a global TV event and turned La Liga into a weekly referendum on individual greatness.
    Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The mania for ancient Greece and Rome is in ample display among the current descendants of the Nazis, the alt-right more than happy to cosplay their fantasy of classical masculinity and racial exceptionality.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
  • And just as Shakespeare relentlessly intensified Lear’s individuality, so did Jobs make each gadget more itself, eschewing generic compromise to magnify exceptionality.
    Big Think, Big Think, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • And at least a few folks In the peanut gallery recognized her fabulousness.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • Making the celebration even sweeter, this year’s festival falls on Father’s Day, so the fruit-forward foodie fete has added some pater-riffic fabulousness.
    Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Her reputation for excellence and the utmost integrity is well earned.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Your relationship with competition and success and excellence, did that change at all?
    Elise Devlin, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • One side is struggling to turn military superiority into lasting political gains, while the other may need only to survive to claim victory.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The protagonist is legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, depicted as a young samurai who arrives in Kyoto determined to prove his superiority with the blade.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • His relaxed point of view is a far cry from the grandness or the grittiness that marked the work of Western painters past like Frederic Remington or Albert Bierstadt.
    Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But the grandness of these dreams butts up against the precarity that their dreamers are facing.
    Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Thanks to my friends’ beloved babies and the perks of my job—which have included putting together a list of essential children’s books—I’ve been thinking a lot about the importance of reading with children.
    Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Fame was of prime importance to the ancient Greeks, and Wilson is the rare classical scholar who has firsthand knowledge of a public life.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • For a century, the Michelin star has been synonymous with culinary ambition and the pursuit of perfection.
    Carinne Geil Botta, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • After all, homemade meals with good company are a recipe for perfection.
    Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2026

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“Specialness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specialness. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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