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as in unusual
being out of the ordinary
a writer with a peculiar talent for capturing the feel of everyday conversation
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as in strange
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
a peculiar and catlike way of walking
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as in uncommon
noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced
a peculiar response to a polite query about his health
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as in personal
of, relating to, or belonging to a single person
his peculiar way of talking
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as in distinctive
serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group
the koala is peculiar to Australia
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as in specific
of a particular or exact sort
a psychopathic killer who took peculiar delight in torturing his victims
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Recent Examples of peculiar
Meantime there’s a mystery surrounding one of the patients James gets to know, an asthmatic young woman (Sidney Flanigan) whose ever-present mother (Rebecca Spence) doesn’t like James’ interrogation of her daughter’s peculiar treatment plan.
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
Yet many peculiar effects of space travel are only now being identified and investigated.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Unlike many child actors, Wright isn’t precocious so much as devastatingly genuine in her peculiar blend of wisdom and naivety.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2025
The discovery came via John Willman, a biological anthropologist at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, who was studying a peculiar kind of wear on the teeth of Ice Age Europeans.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 3 Feb. 2025
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Still, any rating on the Torino scale above a 0 is unusual, which is why the world's space agencies have taken notice.—
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The politics of this tax credit are unusual in the climate world too.—
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The win-then-disqualification made for a strange post-race set of circumstances.—
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Tekashi’s camp then called the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office, which dispatched Bomb Squad officers to investigate the strange parcel.—
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But the United States’ fragmented health care system complicates detection of uncommon side effects and has provided little clarity on the range of symptoms people might have experienced after a Covid shot.—
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City finance officials said that structure is not uncommon and would help smooth out the overall debt load for taxpayers.—
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Trump can bring more transparency and personal involvement into the peace-making process, which up until now has been a charade and essentially ignored by the White House.—
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Warren and others have pointed out that Musk may well have a personal interest in defanging the C.F.P.B.—
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Morello mixed in brief passages of his own distinctive sound, but the overall effect remained tied to an older tradition.—
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For one thing, Ross created conditions for distinctive voices to be heard.—
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After Moulson visited Haymes at Dartmouth, Moulson would send Haymes video clips of his game, highlighting specific areas to improve.—
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Get ‘much more specific’ Both in bullets about team work and those about the individual’s work, Nawaz likes get a sense of what the candidate actually did.—
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Drivers hover by the gates to transport you off on a moment’s notice: the spa, paddle, pickle, and tennis courts, the local waterfalls, the extraordinary hikes, the water sports, chocolate making.—
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There remain several unanswered questions about the lead-up to the extraordinary decision, including how many times Mr. Spiro and Mr. Bove interacted.—
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The expo’s Instagram page documents visits to other cities and showcases many of the bizarre and dark art pieces and items people can buy, as well as some attendees’ costumes.—
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The pilot episode of The Baldwins, TLC’s new reality show about actor Alec Baldwin and his family, is one of the darkest and most bizarre hours of television to appear in recent memory.—
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“Peculiar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculiar. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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