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[uh-rij-uh-nl] / əˈrɪdʒ ə nl /




NOUN
person who is eccentric
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Some 45 original stockholders invested alongside Hawk, a sewing machine salesman.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Take Michelangelo’s “Rebellious Slave,” the room’s twisting centerpiece, and walk around to its right, where a full three sides of the original rectangular block remain largely in evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

But a spoof is under no obligation to turn that one joke into a full narrative as it does by deferring to a younger cast, and only checking in with the franchise’s original players occasionally.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

The ultimate replacement rate of 36.6% is higher than the original rate for early retirees, and reduced from the exceedingly high rates that emerged from an error in the indexation of benefits in the 1970s.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Ridge was in his original clothes, but he didn’t look like himself.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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