peculiarity
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I asked the White House to explain this peculiarity.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
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in 2023 has not removed all of the risks, and the collapse of the case was not a "one-off peculiarity created solely by outdated legislation".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
"We urge the government to avoid characterising the failure of the Cash/Berry case as a one-off peculiarity created solely by outdated legislation," the report said.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
A preference for round windows, and even round doors, was the chief remaining peculiarity of hobbit-architecture.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
But the peculiarities of the 30-stock Dow are likely to limit any immediate effect.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
There, Erikson teased out the stealthy, almost sinister peculiarities of modern man-made hazards, like radioactivity and toxicity, and their special, traumatic effects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
But the tantalizing peculiarities of the characters have been whittled down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
Because of the peculiarities of the launch, however, it carried enough fuel to last 40 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2025
I should say that chief among the peculiarities of the new regime was the use of surnames in address.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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