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
Going to the Super Bowl is about participating in monoculture while simultaneously asserting your singularity.
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Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
The reigning champions have a singularity on their side.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
But by the New York Times bestselling author and pop culture essayist’s own admission, no topic has loomed larger or longer in his mind than the ironies, ecstasies and singularity of American football.
—Zack Ruskin, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2026
As that region collapsed, quantum effects prevented a final singularity, causing spacetime to rebound and expand again.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026
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Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
The reigning champions have a singularity on their side.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
But by the New York Times bestselling author and pop culture essayist’s own admission, no topic has loomed larger or longer in his mind than the ironies, ecstasies and singularity of American football.
—Zack Ruskin, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2026
As that region collapsed, quantum effects prevented a final singularity, causing spacetime to rebound and expand again.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for singularity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for singularity
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Old dog learns new tricks UConn forward Alex Karaban, who played on the 2023 and ’24 champions, is attempting to become the first non-UCLA player to win three national championships.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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The brain bug's intrinsic ick factor is undeniably high, but using their proboscises to suck thoughts directly from the brains of their unfortunate victims is a pretty neat party trick.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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The interface of the desktop website version includes key mission milestones and characteristics about the moon, including information about landing sites during the Apollo era.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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Hegseth exhibits those characteristics, and our soldiers finally have someone to follow.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Iran’s military said Saturday that Iraq would be exempt from shipping restrictions in the trait, opening the potential of as much as 3 million barrels a day of Iraqi oil cargoes.—
Arsalan Shahla,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
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The cooperative birth behavior may reflect ancient evolutionary traits in toothed whales — and evidence of complex social cooperation beyond primates.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2026
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The interactive Olaf can speak and engage in conversations, and his mannerisms and characteristics are spot on.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2026
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Nor does Thomas, with all his erudition and vatic mannerisms, manage to have with his son anything close to the loving, reciprocal relationship that Max has with Emmie.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Rocketship wouldn’t return to their original sound until 2006’s Here Comes… Rocketship, and by then the spark of young love had faded, replaced by production experimentation and characteristic eccentricity.—
David Glickman,
Pitchfork,
27 Mar. 2026
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In addition to Dougie, Rockin’ Grandma’s employees all have their eccentricities.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
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The unexpectedly weird shows, though, their individual peculiarities can be fascinating.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
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The peculiarity of Ouédraogo’s seemingly straightforward and classical practice is to evoke distances, conjuring wide spaces between the images—which is to say, between the characters depicted in them—and to bring those spaces to life.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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However, this year’s move to Texas gave the event a sense of an outsider’s rugged individualism.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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In contrast, post-liberals sharply distinguish the libertarian project (in all its forms) from genuine conservatism, arguing that the latter requires a commitment to social cohesion that is incompatible with unrestrained individualism.—
Suzanne Schneider,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Mar. 2026
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An analysis of the previous plans by the New York Times pointed out some idiosyncrasies in the design, among them, that its grand staircase didn't lead to the ballroom and there was no door on the side facing the staircase.—
Arden Farhi,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The post of deputy mayor of public safety has consistently experienced high turnover, and with every transition comes a shift in strategy (driven by ego, politics and personal idiosyncrasy).—
Michael Pfleger,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Singularity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singularity. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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