specialness

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Recent Examples of specialness That does bring to mind the specialness of painting itself as a discipline. Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025 The hair that would otherwise sprout from his postpubescent body has been replaced by the residues of fire—that Promethean symbol of dawning human specialness.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 The compliments resulted in a temporary spike in feelings of uniqueness and specialness, demonstrating how praise can inflate ego in the short term – even outside clinical narcissism. New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025 And in the flood, the specialness disappears. Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for specialness
Noun
  • Scorpios are determined for greatness and will do anything to achieve that status — even things that are unscrupulous and vengeful.
    Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • True greatness will get most NFL players inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Folks who show up with Mundell are treated to an even more in-depth backstory on the River Clyde and its supporting role in the enduring exceptionality of Auchentoshan.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Given the excellence of the Dodgers’ rotation, the Brewers may feel pressure to create, well, pressure.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Hosted by award-winning actor, writer, and producer Aasif Mandvi, the milestone event is said to host a variety of leading filmmakers, industry professionals, and special guests for an evening celebrating excellence in documentary filmmaking.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The United States maintains overwhelming technological superiority but with increasingly unpredictable commitments.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • By dispelling the myth of SPS superiority, this study opens the door to more flexible and cost-effective production strategies, accelerating the path toward safer, high-performance solid-state batteries, according to the study.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At a time when Germany still had a monarchy, the grandness of the Reichstag’s design was intended to rival any structure the monarchy would build for itself.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Raising awareness about the importance of mammograms and prepping patients for discomfort may help.
    Julia Landwehr, Health, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Research on interpersonal warmth—which, alongside competence, accounts for roughly 82% of how people evaluate others—supports the importance of explicit positive communication.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Prioritizing perfection, or at least the absence of mistakes, has impacted military leadership culture in many ways.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The sessions, recorded at the legendary Van Gelder Studio in just three days, were less about perfection than presence.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The weekly climb to high school cross country supremacy continues Friday and Saturday with the Orange County Championships.
    Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Still, their progress, made easier by supremacy in the air, appeared inexorable.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Specialness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specialness. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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