idiosyncratic
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The city tries to keep its idiosyncratic businesses going while prospecting for newcomers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Krishna at Barclays says that historically low correlations within the S&P 500 sectors suggest idiosyncratic earnings, while noting concentration changes stoked volatility.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
And above all, rooting wildly for one’s own country in delightfully idiosyncratic ways is perfectly acceptable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
An eccentric figure with an idiosyncratic language all his own, Erdős would say mathematicians had “left” when they died, and say that they had “died” when they stopped doing mathematics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
It had no history, no quirky lines or idiosyncratic ornamentations.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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