peculiar to

Example Sentences

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"On the facts peculiar to this case, I found that the dismissal was unfair, which does not mean that I approve the use of the greeting in question or the use of mock accents."

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025

"It is very curious thus having a quadruped peculiar to so small a tract of country."

From Salon • Jun. 19, 2024

Much of the accounting is arcane and some of it peculiar to Boeing, which in the past routinely used tricky financial engineering to make sure it met quarterly cash-flow projections.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2023

“Not only the development, production, possession of military equipment, but also their export and import are the lawful right peculiar to a sovereign state, and nobody is entitled to criticize it.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022

Smith and Cowell realize that this further sense of ‘evidence’ is peculiar to English.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton