quirk
Example Sentences
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One big reason they aren’t ramping up production has to do with a quirk in the commodities market, analysts say.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
It would also almost certainly extend access to health benefits — a quirk of American marriage that experts said lies at the heart of the legal fight over poly partnerships.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
One quirk of dragon fruit farming is that its flowers only bloom at night and into the early hours of the morning.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
In a different timeline, this would be just harmless fun — a quirk of the president’s personality, nothing more.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
But by far and away the quirk which had given wrinkled, half-bald, almost ninety-year-old Mercedes Rael her most far-reaching fame was her habit of throwing stones at people.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Vocabulary lists containing quirk
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