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Recent Examples of specialness
The compliments resulted in a temporary spike in feelings of uniqueness and specialness, demonstrating how praise can inflate ego in the short term – even outside clinical narcissism.
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New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
And in the flood, the specialness disappears.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
And in the flood, the specialness disappears.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for specialness
Noun
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As author Andy McCullough wrote in his brilliant book on Kershaw, the future Hall of Famer is the last of his kind and views greatness as a burden instead of an invitation to indulge in the excesses of celebrity.—
Wayne G. McDonnell,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Redford played baseball player Roy Hobbs in Barry Levinson’s adaptation of Bernard Malamud’s novel about an up-and-coming talent whose career is derailed after getting shot, but who gets another chance at greatness 16 years later.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Mercury News,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Folks who show up with Mundell are treated to an even more in-depth backstory on the River Clyde and its supporting role in the enduring exceptionality of Auchentoshan.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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In 1996, The Webby Awards were launched to honor excellence on the internet at a time when the web itself was still a novelty.—
Ian Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Royals catcher Carter Jensen headlined the list of organizational award-winners who demonstrated excellence on and off the field.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
16 Sep. 2025
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With over 600 DEXs now operating according to Grvt’s estimates, pure technological superiority or lower fees no longer guarantee success.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Not to mention the moral superiority gap it’s widened in conversations between the thin and the not thin enough.—
Allison Lax,
Glamour,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At a time when Germany still had a monarchy, the grandness of the Reichstag’s design was intended to rival any structure the monarchy would build for itself.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In 1987, the FCC also abolished the fairness doctrine, which required broadcasters to provide differing viewpoints when covering issues of public importance.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Federal Aviation Administration asked airlines to evaluate their safety messages to passengers and emphasize the importance of leaving belongings behind in an evacuation.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This shifted my focus from visual perfection to cognitive predictability—prioritizing clarity, affordance and immediate feedback over novelty.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Still, Jones ran it to near perfection, spreading the ball around to Bourne, Jauan Jennings, Christian McCaffrey and Jake Tonges before hitting McCaffrey on a 7-yard score in the right side of the end zone.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Politicians on both sides of the aisle have expressed a desire to secure American supremacy in space.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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But if only a few nations achieve a measure of global AI supremacy, that could have far-reaching impacts on competitiveness, economic and financial power concentration, control over key technologies for modern life, and outsized social and cultural influence.—
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Specialness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specialness. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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