specialness

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Recent Examples of specialness But the specialness of the event wasn’t confined only to the Sphere, as fans visited Metallica’s many experiences. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for specialness
Noun
  • With her solo career, Jade has pushed harder than ever before, fueled by an insatiable hunger for true pop greatness.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The age of giants has passed; the years of greatness are fled.
    — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 25 Oct. 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
  • Shea says the Academy uses the international feature category to find new members, since the films arriving from around the world bring filmmakers who already clear a bar of excellence in their own countries.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Later that night, the Podcast Academy will present the Ambies, an awards show to honor excellence in podcasting at Arlo Williamsburg.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Advertisement Thirdly, place names should not be used to proclaim cultural superiority, advance territorial ambitions, or assert exclusive national ownership over geographical spaces shared among different peoples.
    — Reuben Rose-Redwood, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Forest had the bulk of the chances in a gritty second period but could not make its superiority count.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Oct. 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
  • These findings point to the importance of substantive local relationships for multinational companies.
    — Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The trade association acknowledged Children’s Mercy’s importance in providing specialized pediatric care, but said ACA coverage must remain financially sustainable across Missouri’s health care system.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • There are reasons to visit in every season but the backdrop of changing leaves in the mountains makes this time of year absolute autumnal perfection.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2026
  • And against an algorithm that curates optimization and a veil of perfection, everyone seems sick.
    — Kirsten Balin, STAT, 26 Oct. 2026

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“Specialness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specialness. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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