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as in exotic
something strange or unusual that is an object of interest
an American visitor in that remote Chinese village is a rarity
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as in exception
something that is different from what is ordinary or expected
a meal accompanied by wine is a rarity in this house
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Recent Examples of rarity
Heavy rain fell in New York City on Tuesday night and lightning lit up the sky, a rarity this time of year.
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Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
The Pagani Utopia debuted in 2024 and the $2.1 million, 852-horsepower hypercar was a rarity among rarities at The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering in Carmel Valley in August.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2024
While staunchly remaining independent and committing to staying 100% Mexican-owned, Clase Azul has become quite the business over the past three decades—despite its structure being a rarity today.
—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Warren's public statement in agreement with Trump on Thursday was a rarity, as the senior senator is known as a progressive and ideological opposite to the president-elect.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
The Pagani Utopia debuted in 2024 and the $2.1 million, 852-horsepower hypercar was a rarity among rarities at The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering in Carmel Valley in August.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2024
While staunchly remaining independent and committing to staying 100% Mexican-owned, Clase Azul has become quite the business over the past three decades—despite its structure being a rarity today.
—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Warren's public statement in agreement with Trump on Thursday was a rarity, as the senior senator is known as a progressive and ideological opposite to the president-elect.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rarity
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Plants like trumpet honeysuckle, bee balm, and hummingbird sage provide much more nectar than hybrids and exotics.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American-Statesman,
20 Mar. 2024
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Alex Hirschi leapfrogged auto-journalism conventions by building a vast social media audience of 120 million followers by showcasing some of the most innovative exotics in existence.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
18 Aug. 2024
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Cohen is obviously fully on board with Stearns’ philosophy of limiting free agent deals to three years or fewer (the Soto contract of course being the notable exception).—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
18 Jan. 2025
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With one exception … Level 9: The Deserter This is the owner who wants to move the team.—
Sean McIndoe,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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The night sky will reveal stunning sights such as the craters of the Moon, the majestic rings of Saturn, the swirling bands of Jupiter, and other astronomical wonders.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Jan. 2025
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To the boy wonder of American capitalism, the estate represented much more than an investment, though.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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In an interview with ABC News earlier on Monday, Southern California Edison's parent company CEO Pedro Pizarro said employees monitoring the lines remotely at the time saw no indications of any electrical anomalies that would typically cause sparking.—
Liz Baker,
NPR,
14 Jan. 2025
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That is the real anomaly here, with the winds being sort of a second-order anomaly.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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Their arrival on the app has been met with a mix of curiosity, playful requests for cat photos, and appeals for Chinese-language subtitles.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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This culture of curiosity drives engagement and uncovers new opportunities.—
Dr. Chaouki Kasmi,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Chief Executive Steven Powell reiterated in an interview with The Times the company’s assertion that its data showed no abnormalities in the 12 hours leading up to the ignition of the Eaton fire.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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There were no abnormalities reported at the Ikata Nuclear Power Plant in western Japan or the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant in Kagoshima prefecture, NHK said, referring to the two plants nearest to where the quake occurred.—
Rhea Rose Abraham,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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View gallery - 14 images 2024 has been a year in space that has seen successes, failures, a clutch of firsts, and some goodbyes – not to mention a long-distance probe rescue, spacesuits on the catwalk, and a couple of cosmic oddities.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
18 Jan. 2025
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Explanations Are Over-The-Top OpenAI seems to have remained mum and isn’t telling us what is at the root of this oddity.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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This profile starts as a curio, but very quickly becomes fascinating.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
19 Dec. 2024
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Black Emperor—and Freedom, the record that crystallized McMahon’s songwriting and elevated Amen Dunes beyond its origins as a reliquary of underground curios.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
10 Dec. 2024
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“Rarity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rarity. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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