as in trick
an odd or peculiar habit
a college professor with singularities of dress and speech that have long endeared him to his students
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Recent Examples of singularity
Vulture’s Bilge Ebiri noted that The Testament of Ann Lee is like nothing he’s seen before, and much of the credit for its singularity is owed to choreographer and dancer Celia Rowlson-Hall.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2025
But her singularity really became apparent when, in a night very much devoted to crowd-pleasing, Erivo took some time to please her own innermost muse, trusting that the crowd that had paid four figures each to attend would go along for the detour.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Dec. 2025
Yet after the war, the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee’s efforts to help Jewish survivors and commemorate the Holocaust were not acceptable to the state, which minimized the singularity of Jewish wartime experiences.
—Wendy Z. Goldman, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
That point is the singularity at the heart of a black hole.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Nov. 2025
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This dish will do the trick with crispy chicken and fresh zucchini tossed in a tender linguine with a robust lemon flavor.—
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But even an invitation to hang out again, perhaps paired with a gift card to a local lunch spot, could do the trick.—
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But there are other factors that needled their way into the evolutionary development of dormancy characteristics.—
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There’s no single definition in our modern times, but experts generally agree on a few characteristics.—
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By examining liver cells as the disease progressed, researchers saw that healthy liver functions slowly shut down and survival traits took over.—
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The Louisville transfer features the size (6-6, 325), length and explosive traits NFL defensive coordinators covet and QBs usually lose sleep over.—
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The technology will only get more polished, the mannerisms more finely calibrated, the over-all effect more persuasive.—
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Not just losing the height, but the mannerisms.—
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Every genius needs their eccentricities.—
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Lovers of maximalist eccentricity have reclaimed the word and redefined it in a more positive tone.—
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Caillaux, by the way, is spelled C-A-I-L-L-A-U-X for those unfamiliar with the peculiarities of French pronunciation.—
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One senses that there may have been more to the woman’s silence than awestruck agreement, but Bergler cheerfully adds her to his portfolio of case studies, in which patients’ sartorial peculiarities are unfailingly traced to episodes from their pasts.—
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Policing women is a byproduct of patriarchy, a system that despises women who dare to embrace individualism, self-expression, and self-autonomy.—
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The proprietary insights and statistics cited throughout—such as the finding that 61 percent of people dress up for confidence or that 8 in 10 people repeat the same outfits—are derived from this research framework, further to illustrate the industry’s move toward inclusive individualism.—
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The guide recommended giving her some fun idiosyncrasies.—
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In effect, Jarmusch is standing Tolstoy on his head and suggesting that unhappy families share common forms of misery, whereas the happy ones are happy precisely because of their differences—because of the idiosyncrasies that place them outside convention.—
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“Singularity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singularity. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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