How to Use peculiar to in a Sentence
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The scene in and around Arizona Stadium was peculiar to say the least.
—Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 15 Nov. 2020
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Knowing what Jujubee has done in lip-syncs in the past, did that lip-sync seem peculiar to you?
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 22 June 2020
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The film also has the eerie present-tense quality peculiar to high-frame-rate shooting.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Dec. 2022
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Leaks have been discovered in some theaters; issues peculiar to putting on a show have cropped up in others.
—Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
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But there was another distinction, peculiar to the times, yes, but also positive in terms of access.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2021
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The things that are scary or chasing the different characters are oftentimes things that are internal and peculiar to that person.
—Dan Snierson, EW.com, 15 Mar. 2023
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In earlier eras, it was more seen as peculiar to a particular movement.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2020
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Most of her interactions are clouded by incomprehension at why things that are so clear to her should seem so peculiar to everyone else.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 15 Sep. 2022
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Which, as this series—written and created by Francesca Brill and Luke Watson —regularly suggests, tends to be a condition peculiar to women.
—Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2021
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The technology has been especially effective against Covid-19 for reasons peculiar to the virus.
—Felicia Schwartz, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
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Each of the book’s dozens of characters is delineated as a simple, distinct caricature, and Beaton loves the disputes and idioms peculiar to the many kinds of people drawn to the ready money in Alberta from all corners of the English-speaking world.
—Sam Thielman, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2022
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Specifically, the traits and tendencies peculiar to our species, the genes which may underpin those traits and tendencies, and how that may relate to broader public health considerations.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2011
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But however the traumatic event is visited on the individual, the question remains: Are the symptoms that have come to be identified as evidence of trauma peculiar to the modern era?
—Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
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Pence’s plight illustrates a paradox peculiar to the Trump administration.
—Elaina Plott, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2020
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After Sandy Hook, too many explanations described these horrible events as peculiar to a deranged individual or due to the sole factor of mental illness.
—Darcie Vandegrift, The Conversation, 14 Dec. 2021
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Mina had to manage the public entertainments peculiar to technological royalty, including putting up with Henry Ford and panicking when the king of Siam asked for iced tea.
—Katherine Hobbs, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2023
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In reality, the team-building process may bring you a lot of pain—there are some common omissions, like inefficient recruitment, that are peculiar to managers who lack necessary experience.
—Roman Kumar Vyas, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
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Machiavelli, writing four centuries earlier, had made a similar point about the gulf, so puzzling and peculiar to politics, between intention and result.
—Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2020
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My father's fascination with aromas is far from peculiar to Middle Easterners.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 7 Oct. 2022
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Hence some biologists object that human female menopause is merely part of a widespread phenomenon of animal menopause, not something peculiar to humans.
—Jared Diamond, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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Unique circumstances such as the acute semiconductor shortage, which limited supply of internal combustion engine cars (ICEs), are partly behind the high-water mark, as are logistical decisions peculiar to industry leader Tesla.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2021
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