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Adjective
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He’s invited her along on a business trip, to the wilderness retreat of eccentric zillionaire Odell (Richard E. Grant), the head of a hugely lucrative pharmaceuticals company.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025 -
The Ballad of Wallis Island sees Key play Charles, an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of reuniting his favorite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer, a duo played by Basden and Promising Young Woman's Carey Mulligan, for a private show.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The lending revenue is meaningful only in portfolios that include flaky small companies.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Some dry, flaky skin may not itch at all and would unlikely be atopic dermatitis.—
Team Verywell Health,
Verywell Health,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Some of the quirky challenges will include performing in front of middle schoolers and doing an elevator pitch in an actual elevator.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Jim Parsons won four Emmys for his portrayal of quirky super-genius Sheldon Cooper before Iain Armitage carried the mantle as Sheldon’s younger counterpart.—
Skyler Trepel,
EW.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Here’s what their analysis found: Only 8.4% of investors executed trades on any of those days, reacting to the volatile market by buying or selling stocks.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2025
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Core inflation, which excludes more volatile energy, food, alcohol and tobacco prices, rose by 3.4% in the year to March, down slightly from 3.5% in February.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Raiff’s impetuous outbursts serve his babyish college kid well, and the writer-director’s honest dialogue and empathetic perspective are even more valuable.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2025
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On the one hand, there is the impetuous, often swaggering young writer whose sometimes brash, sometimes tender personality vividly emerges from the hundred-odd poems that have come down to us.—
Daniel Mendelsohn,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Just to witness either one of those mercurial players dovetailing with a goal machine like Eto’o would be special — but both?—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Maybe the label fits better today, with trade once more being freed by the mercurial leader of the free world.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Crankish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crankish. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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