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as in infrequency
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as in rarity
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rareness
Noun
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And no, the relative infrequency of such events compared to the 1940s hardly justifies the silence; what do people think has kept such perennial evil at bay all these years if not conscientious outspokenness?—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Mar. 2025 -
Our news team created a timeline showing the growing intensity of pressure on Abbott and the infrequency of pardons by his office.—
Manny Garcia,
Austin American-Statesman,
7 Jan. 2024
Noun
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Banks herself rose through the ranks in the early 1990s, when Black high-fashion models on the runway and in magazines were still a rarity.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Feb. 2025
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In 1910, a high school diploma was a rarity in the United States, the province of elites destined to be ministers, doctors, or lawyers.—
Matthew J. Slaughter,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Focus on scarcity tactics that feel real, not manufactured.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Copies sold for hundreds of dollars, its scarcity only adding to its mythic appeal.—
Rachel Hills,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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With one eye on tonight’s transfer deadline, the focus beforehand was the paucity of striking options available to Moyes after recent injuries to Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Armando Broja.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Given the paucity of income many songwriters receive from streaming services, these royalties can play an outsized role in both their career and their pocket.—
Ethan Millman,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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And the longer the staffing shortages persist, the longer some ATCs risk exhaustion and burnout.—
Holly Yan,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
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Some states are reviving older methods of capital punishment due to drug shortages, even as other states reconsider them entirely.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At the last minute, a relative rode to the rescue—as, later, did a wealthy aunt, who plucked him out of poverty and sent him to private school.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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But poverty trends should not be getting increasingly bleak.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Rareness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rareness. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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