eccentricities
Example Sentences
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Young, urban professionals—known for their college degrees, willingness to work late and such harmless eccentricities as paying large markups for “local” produce—do not ordinarily instill terror.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Having varying eccentricities and varying inclinations simultaneously is well understood from a modeling perspective, but having one and not the other is not as easily explained.
From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025
Officers have sniped about his burly build, tendency to smile during interviews and other eccentricities.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2025
Before this series began, Stokes said the time off after his January operation had allowed him to iron out unintentional eccentricities that had crept into his bowling.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025
I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle and may regulate a thousand celestial observations that require only this voyage to render their seeming eccentricities consistent for ever.
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
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