quirk

Example Sentences

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The paper also claimed Quidnet "did not pass the technical tests for Reit status at the time and never did", and had gained the status instead through a "legal quirk".

From BBC

That is largely because cooler housing inflation—and a statistical quirk created by the shutdown—have moderated CPI inflation more than the PCE index.

From The Wall Street Journal

Due to the quirks of weather — and possibly to prescribed burns that had cleared out excess vegetation — most of the grove survived without any disfigurement visible today.

From Los Angeles Times

For most of the romance reality show’s 10th season, the account executive seems like a standard-issue OK guy with a quirk about taking daily cold plunges.

From Salon

Just quirked a faint, embarrassed smile and rubbed his hands across his face, as though trying to wake up.

From Literature