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quirk

[kwurk] / kwɜrk /


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Avoiding difficult conversations is not a CEO personality quirk.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

The company’s earnings will also be hurt by an accounting quirk that forces the company to take paper losses on the value of hedging contracts before realizing gains from increases in commodity prices.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 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

The National League suffers from an archaic quirk within the upper echelons of the football pyramid, with only its champions going straight up.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

Another little quirk of hers I’d forgotten about.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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