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as in inquisitive
interested in what is not one's own business
curious neighbors peered out of their windows as the new people moved in
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as in strange
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
that's a pretty curious coincidence—almost too curious to be believed
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as in unusual
noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced
that is one of the most curious paintings I've ever seen
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Just beyond the entrance, a student pedals a white stationary bicycle as curious onlookers stop to watch.
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Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
But Trump has embraced a curious menagerie of B-list rappers and questionable influencers thought to hold sway among young Black men.
—The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
But these bones revealed a curious trait about Gondwanax: The creature had three vertebrae in its hips, unlike other early relatives of dinosaurs, which had just two.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
MacBook Air Surprise One curious change from this week happened in the MacBook Air portfolio.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
But Trump has embraced a curious menagerie of B-list rappers and questionable influencers thought to hold sway among young Black men.
—The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
But these bones revealed a curious trait about Gondwanax: The creature had three vertebrae in its hips, unlike other early relatives of dinosaurs, which had just two.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
MacBook Air Surprise One curious change from this week happened in the MacBook Air portfolio.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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John Eatwell, a veteran British economist who was then a first-year faculty member at Cambridge, recalled that Harris was inquisitive, technically adept, and up to date on the latest literature on both sides of the Atlantic.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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Yet, preparing inquisitive questions to learn about the company is equally as important.Kate Wieczorek, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Seven miles south of Cincinnati, stranger still, the world’s only museum dedicated to ventriloquism.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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These social commentary songs were strange; some had the N-word in it.Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
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In 2016, a record-low voter turnout of 55% — an unusual milestone for an island known for high voter turnouts of 73% to 89% — as well as low numbers in the 2020 election signaled growing voter dissatisfaction with the two main parties amid the island’s financial crisis and recent natural disasters.Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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It's more accurately seen as a return to the township's Republican norm, after one unusual term with a Democrat in charge.Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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These people, and many other Americans, weren’t interested in the politics of joy that Kamala Harris and the other law school grads were offering.David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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For a moment, the film seems interested in the ambiguity of that tension.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Physicists debated for decades (opens a new tab) whether this bizarre superfluid-solid hybrid could exist.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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These may seem like last-ditch efforts in the final runup to Tuesday, or like counter-programming to the increasingly vocal (and bizarre) antics of Elon Musk.WIRED, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
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His defense rated oddly poorly last season (-16 defensive runs saved, zero outs above average), but year-to-year aberrations are not uncommon.Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Requests for long-ago favorites are not uncommon in Idea Alley, but fulfillment of those requests often is.Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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This simultaneously funny and profound musical spins around a teenage girl (the lovable Carolee Carmello) suffering from a rare genetic disease that makes her age five times faster than normal.Karen D'Souza, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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The office workers are sleeping at the desks after a long night of partying, two mischievous visitors sneak in to bring holiday cheer with funny gifts and gaudy decorations.Rudie Obias, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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This episode of What’s Ahead describes how this scheme works and leads to voter confusion and weird, undemocratic results.Steve Forbes, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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This month VanderMeer continues this weird saga with the publication of the fourth Southern Reach novel: Absolution.Amy Brady, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Curious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curious. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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