as in trick
an odd or peculiar habit
wearing red shoes every day is just one of her quirks
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Recent Examples of quirk
But then some small but damaging quirks were allowed to take hold.
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Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
On paper, there are more statements of facts about U.S. measurement system quirks rather than outright jokes.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
Illustrated by Jess Ebsworth. Aquarius Sun & Rising: Aquarius, with Pluto now in your sign for the next two decades, 2025 is all about embracing your quirks and attracting partners who celebrate your individuality.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, refinery29.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Preparing for this year’s Orange Bowl One quirk of this year’s Orange Bowl matchup: The committee didn’t know exactly who would be playing in the game until Thursday night.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
On paper, there are more statements of facts about U.S. measurement system quirks rather than outright jokes.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
Illustrated by Jess Ebsworth. Aquarius Sun & Rising: Aquarius, with Pluto now in your sign for the next two decades, 2025 is all about embracing your quirks and attracting partners who celebrate your individuality.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, refinery29.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Preparing for this year’s Orange Bowl One quirk of this year’s Orange Bowl matchup: The committee didn’t know exactly who would be playing in the game until Thursday night.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quirk
Noun
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Magness recommended a trick backed by psychology: Use second- and third-person pronouns when talking to yourself, instead of first-person pronouns.—
Ashton Jackson,
CNBC,
17 Jan. 2025
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When working with one or a few rats, snacks like nuts, seeds, and fruit often do the trick.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This month’s trait, kindness, will be celebrated in a Kindness Week at the end of January.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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Aside from this unusual trait, Yellow Red Heart promises to delight with vibrant yellow blossoms with a red throat that start early and continue through to a heavy frost.—
Dawn Pettinelli,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2025
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This is definitely the characteristic of Desolas, as there is barely the faintest whiff of smoke.—
Richard Carleton Hacker,
Robb Report,
24 Jan. 2025
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All in all, the benefits of companion plants really boil down to the individual growing characteristics of the plants incorporated, how each of those plants interacts with their growing environment, and how other plants can utilize those characteristics and interactions.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2025
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Common features in children who claim to have led a previous life include a verbal precocity and mannerisms at odds with that of the rest of the family.—
Saskia Solomon,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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Brody was 7 years old when his grandfather died, but the memories of his speech and mannerisms left their mark.—
E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
23 Dec. 2024
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Like all of us, managers have their idiosyncrasies.—
Gus Gaynor,
IEEE Spectrum,
12 Jan. 2025
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Soon enough, players will be plenty comfortable with the TGL course’s idiosyncrasies.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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Waymo will map the city, adapt vehicles to its peculiarities and test and certify safety, as well as of course maintain the software and probably its own custom made hardware.—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes,
5 Dec. 2024
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Due to the Electoral College’s peculiarities, even slight changes in presidential polls in just a handful of states could signal a decisive shift toward either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
19 Oct. 2024
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Earth's orbital eccentricity is 0.017; Mars' is 0.055, and Mercury's is 0.206.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Indeed, for all his film’s eccentricities — Blue Velvet’s freaky Frank Booth huffing, well, whatever that stuff is, Lost Highway’s spine-chilling Mystery Man, or Wild at Heart’s Sailor kung fu-kicking in a snakeskin jacket — Lynch wasn’t trying to be controversial.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
17 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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“Quirk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quirk. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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