as in trick
an odd or peculiar habit
his only idiosyncrasy is his inveterate wearing of sneakers, even with business suits
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Recent Examples of idiosyncrasy
Regional frivolities One of the best parts of League Pass browsing is catching the various idiosyncrasies of different local streams.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Their passengers are fed up with being driven recklessly, treated curtly and, in many cases, having to settle fares with cash — one of the strangest idiosyncrasies about life in Hong Kong.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Like all of us, managers have their idiosyncrasies.
—Gus Gaynor, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Jan. 2025
Soon enough, players will be plenty comfortable with the TGL course’s idiosyncrasies.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Their passengers are fed up with being driven recklessly, treated curtly and, in many cases, having to settle fares with cash — one of the strangest idiosyncrasies about life in Hong Kong.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Like all of us, managers have their idiosyncrasies.
—Gus Gaynor, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Jan. 2025
Soon enough, players will be plenty comfortable with the TGL course’s idiosyncrasies.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for idiosyncrasy
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This chip also drives many of the phone's artificial intelligence features, and allows the Pixel 9a to take advantage of all the same AI camera tricks introduced on the Pixel 9 smartphones in 2024.—
Julian Chokkattu,
WIRED,
19 Mar. 2025
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This cat's trick shouldn't be too much of a surprise as many videos of felines opening doors have flooded social media in recent years.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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Their goal is to build a comprehensive database that answers many questions about the behavioral and genetic traits of our friendly felines.—
Manuela López Restrepo,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2025
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Indeed, many, but not all, social and behavioral traits work this way.—
Dalton Conley,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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These high-rye bourbons represent some of the best in the world, showcasing the bold and spicy characteristics that come with a higher rye content in the mash bill.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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The grapes used to make this wine are grown on a high altitude ridge, which causes the grapes to incorporate the mineral characteristics of the area, producing a bold and expressive wine with black fruit aromas and a mineral finish.—
Hilary Tetenbaum,
USA TODAY,
12 Mar. 2025
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Inheriting an existing team with its unique culture, history and quirks.—
Tinna Jackson,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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David Lynch is probably the easiest to imitate director, with the most distinctive voice and identifiable quirks, outside of maybe Orson Welles.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
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But there’s something about that sort of adolescent age between 12 and 14, where people’s mannerisms change, and people’s bodies change, and people’s voices change, and all of those things.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Despite limited footage, Storm worked to nail Mortensen’s specific in-ring mannerisms.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
8 Mar. 2025
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Just one of the endless peculiarities that made up my dad.—
Chris Wallace,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2025
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Advertisement In her loneliness and, paradoxically, in her peculiarity, Mickey embodies a recognizable archetype: the righteous female cop protagonist of a prestige crime drama.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
12 Mar. 2025
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However, the large eccentricity means its orbit ranges from as far as 2 astronomical units (300 million km/186 million miles — i.e. twice the Earth–sun distance) from its star to as close as 0.75 AU (112 million km/69.7 million miles).—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Brain Dead Studios What’s spring without a little eccentricity and who’s more eccentric a filmmaker than Wes Anderson?—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
4 Mar. 2025
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Their findings, published in Nature Metabolism, highlight the influence of diet on health and may encourage more people to adopt healthier eating habits.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
14 Mar. 2025
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When Mercury moves into Pisces on March 30, your mindset and communication habits come under review.—
Colin Bedell,
Them,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Idiosyncrasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idiosyncrasy. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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