peculiarity

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Length isn’t the only peculiarity, though: As good natured as it is, “Happiness” is also fairly generic; one wonders if it would have been programmed if it weren’t an import.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

And it warned that legislation introduced in 2023 has not removed all of the risks, and the collapse of the case was not a "one-off peculiarity created solely by outdated legislation".

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

This peculiarity mirrors the history of Latino political empowerment in the state.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

The case made global headlines because of the "peculiarity of the circumstances surrounding it", as one Australian newspaper noted in 1912.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2024

Later, Millard would tell me that the fact that none of them had ever heard of Sam—and someone with such a unique peculiarity would’ve been well known—meant she probably had not survived the war.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs