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Recent Examples of quiddity Or: The matter of their mattering is what’s put into contention, as their material quiddity serves as a means for activating a dynamic contrast with the space around them. Travis Jeppesen, Artforum, 19 Aug. 2024 The task was to find the spiritual quiddity of God’s gifts in nature, piece by piece, and to assemble them into a divine whole. Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024 Not élan, quiddity. Solmaz Sharif, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021
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Noun
  • The gods prove cruel but not omnipotent, and the modern settings exert their own redemptive pull; the final effect is that of a magic trick, in which the characters manage, in each film’s miraculous closing moments, to slip the bonds of tragedy.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
  • As for the pineapple addition to the drink, eating the fruit is another common, nonmedical trick that people suggest for getting labor started (some people also swear by it when trying to conceive).
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Their attempt was so horrible it was relegated to their basement and in essence forgotten.
    Tammy Algood, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Mangold based his film on history but was mostly concerned with capturing the essence of the era.
    Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The quantitative risk-takers of the River and those who take physical risks—astronauts, deep-sea explorers, NFL players—have these traits in common.
    Nate Silver, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Once the model has learned the defining traits of your ideal wine enthusiasts, it can be applied to score the entire prospect universe, surfacing the individuals with the highest likelihood to convert.
    Agastya Kumar Komarraju, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Sickle cell disease arises from errors in a gene that makes hemoglobin, the substance that carries oxygen throughout the body and gives red blood cells their color.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The study found that there were declines across substances.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Genomic sequences of viruses are shared on this platform, and using genetic detective work, trees that trace the genetic characteristics and evolution of viruses are built.
    Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Lauded by the ancient Greeks, hubris is the devastating, dangerous and of course exciting characteristic which often led to the hero’s downfall.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Then there’s me, the one whose lack of innate ability seems to have defied both nature and nurture.
    Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
  • From their hillside not far from the banks of the Ohio River, the Hills were able to pursue a passion for plants and nature which began for them both decades before in rural Illinois.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • As in Leigh’s Naked, these pathologies don’t simply belong to a subculture; each exchange highlights the idiosyncrasy of communication that only art can reveal.
    Armond White, National Review, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Julie De Stefano loves the idiosyncrasies of her taildragger, a 1958 American Champion 7FC named Daisy.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 24 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Continuing down this path, these processes could form a key reinforcement loop in the asymptotic acceleration that shoots us into that wild idea of the singularity – where AI builds machines that are smarter than humans, and each new generation is able to improve itself faster than the last.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
  • As more and more plays turn their sights on the singularity, Theatre for a New Audience is distinguishing itself as a place where artificial intelligence receives particularly intelligent dramatic treatment.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024

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“Quiddity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quiddity. Accessed 29 Dec. 2024.

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