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Recent Examples of sui generis The results were jolting and sui generis. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025 As a rising leader in the global energy sector, Guyana is using its hydrocarbon wealth to stake out a sui generis leadership role in global climate conversations with an ambitious agenda for biodiversity protection and sustainable growth. Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025 The rest of us, with our own sui generis cultural fantasies and preferences, should be so lucky. Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2025 Necaxa adds to the necessity of the comparison by trying with limited success to reproduce large swaths of the sui generis formula. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sui generis
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sui generis
Adjective
  • When quitting feels like the only option For Khris Rogers, the symptoms that consumed her during perimenopause stole her ability to keep her job.
    Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Kaprizov, Spurgeon and Brodin weren’t the only players from the current roster to make the cut.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Drinkwater didn't make one appearance in a Chelsea shirt last season, whilst Bakayoko spent the season in Italy on loan at AC Milan.
    SI.com, SI.com, 3 Aug. 2019
  • Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.
    Johannes Himmelreich, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
Adjective
  • Mize has been impressive this season, giving up only 1 during his lone postseason appearance while posting a 14-6 record during the regular season.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Miran singled himself out as a lone voter who favored a much more aggressive easing path.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Make no mistake, though, this footballing mecca, where the turnstiles closed for the final time 25 years ago this week, was a truly special place.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Receiving that nomination, specifically for that album, was just so special.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • These unique skills are essential for the one requirement that the commission must do — pass a balanced budget.
    Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Participants will learn the differences between dabbling and diving ducks, their unique characteristics and how to use eBird to find local waterfowl viewing hot spots.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Sui generis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sui%20generis. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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