curious
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They are smart, curious and always on the move.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
It is a curious diagnosis from an administration whose senior officials have lately been swapping notes on a regimen nicknamed the “sauerkraut diet.”
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Federal prosecutors charged several people with vandalism, including former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, a 65-year-old who maintains he just picked up a piece of loose lining because he was curious …
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
The American institution of the sleepaway camp has inspired a genre of cinema, so it’s curious that it calls to mind so few representations in fiction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Something about him resembles my old doll with the smashed glass eye, or a curious illustration from a medical encyclopedia.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing curious
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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