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curiosity

[kyoor-ee-os-i-tee] / ˌkjʊər iˈɒs ɪ ti /




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“We will remember his extraordinary creativity, his warmth, his curiosity, and the way he saw beauty and possibility everywhere,” Adam Max said in a statement to the AP.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

To stoke more curiosity in his oeuvre, the sisters have organized the biggest show of Marden’s art in two decades at New York’s Gagosian Gallery, through mid-December.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

"We are seeing that more and more people are actually choosing Ukrainian products –- whether out of patriotism, curiosity or a desire for quality," said Sholudko, the director.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

Key information was withheld from inspectors, but the regulator was criticised for not showing enough curiosity to look beyond what they were being told.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

I supposed this was James, and despite my scorn for Ma’s little ploy, an involuntary tic of curiosity ran through me.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

"Until relatively recently, this subset of igneous rocks were mere curiosities," said Gibson.

From Science Daily May 26, 2026

For a variety of reasons, not least because people have questions, curiosities, comparisons and resentments.

From MarketWatch Apr. 13, 2026

In a preface, the film director Guillermo del Toro likens this collection to early modern cabinets of curiosities, whose juxtapositions of natural and artificial objects were meant to expose a hidden order of existence.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

Cut off from the world, they tentatively explore their mutual curiosities.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2025

Though everyone in the house had been talking nonstop, it had mostly been to government agents, not to one another, and their own curiosities had yet to be satisfied.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart




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