idiosyncrasy
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And the comparison to Bowie’s West German sojourn is apt: working with his producers, Styles has clearly immersed himself in the avant-garde, taking chances, and embracing idiosyncrasy.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
Indeed, the very features that make gifts inefficient as market transactions—surprise, idiosyncrasy, miscalibration—are often what make them meaningful as social gestures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
The headline proposal of the reforms is the removal of the not proven verdict - a legal idiosyncrasy that can be traced back to the 17th Century.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025
The blessing is that Buckley, Colman, Spall, and Vasan are expert enough that dimensional character work still peeks through the vibe of cookie-cutter idiosyncrasy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2024
Never one where Chekhov’s talent is matched, nuance for nuance, idiosyncrasy for idiosyncrasy, by every soul onstage.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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Anne Robinson from Dunbarton has first-hand knowledge of EES and its idiosyncrasies - to the point it has put her off returning to Europe this year.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Carlini has learned about Mythos’s idiosyncrasies too, which are common to AI systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
And that might get personal: the astronauts laughed when asked what idiosyncrasies they feared their crewmates might discover.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
“One Battle After Another” blends both together to become the perfect showcase for Anderson’s knack for capturing human idiosyncrasies and spinning them into grand-scale storytelling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
This is a very powerful conclusion and is in no way based on the idiosyncrasies of a particular civilization.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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