originality
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TCU said responses to the questions it cut—about its values and inclusivity—lacked originality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
It’s hard to love “Coriolanus,” but it’s equally hard not to be impressed by its ambition, originality and dramatic rigor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 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
"Even if we do the restoration with our great artists and specialists in restoration, where will the originality be?" he said.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
Even Vesalius, the first great anatomist of the Renaissance, was not in the business of claiming priority, which is why, for all his originality, there are no parts of the body named after him.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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