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sui generis

[soo-i ge-ne-ris, soo-ahy jen-er-is, soo-ee] / ˈsʊ ɪ ˈgɛ nɛ rɪs, ˈsu aɪ ˈdʒɛn ər ɪs, ˈsu i /




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This is also something that has brought us together, for good or for bad, and that has a governance which has been almost sui generis and which is working.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

He was, however, an original, with a sui generis style both intense and charming.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

And it’s his relationship to his hometown, the City of Angels, that defines his sui generis eye and puts him up there with such greats as Ansel Adams, Mary Ellen Mark and Daidō Moriyama.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

To them, even after eight years of experience, the president is some type of sui generis figure, an aberration in American politics and culture.

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2025

She thought of the sui generis Hixby’s guidebook, the fictitious Judge Quinzy, and the mysterious danger Miss Mortimer had warned her about.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood