originality
Example Sentences
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Now companies avoid originality in favor of “churning out more films within franchises,” which is cheaper and easier than developing original products with independent creators.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Judges praised the "originality, innovation, ambition" of Jolly's work which "confronts a topic of immense complexity in a gripping tour de force".
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
The film can hardly avoid being described as “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” meets “Enemy of the State,” and that such comparisons are so obvious bespeaks a certain lack of originality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
“Euphoria” “If buzz and originality mean anything, ‘Pluribus’ will join ‘The Pitt’ as a front-runner.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
This was usually a foolproof comeback, making up in scorn what it lacked in originality, but on this occasion it backfired.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
