curiosa

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Noun
  • His winning project resembles a scrapbook in its inclusion of such ephemera as handwritten notes and family snapshots, placed along photos by Sobekwa.
    News Desk, Artforum, 19 May 2025
  • This poignant and revelatory ephemera from Quintana’s life is among the 240 linear feet of joint archives of her writer parents, Didion and John Gregory Dunne, now available for viewing at the New York Public Library.
    Lauren Christensen, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But there’s much more to the apartment than a mere accumulation of objets de vertu.
    Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Crawford is an inveterate collector, a hunter-gatherer par excellence, and her home is a testament to decades spent amassing oddities and objets de vertu of every stripe.
    Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 28 June 2024
Noun
  • With one of the country’s best jockeys in the saddle and one of its most esteemed trainers behind her, don’t overlook her, especially underneath in vertical exotics. 4.
    Teresa Genaro, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • Eschewing runways for a closed public road, the annual Sun Valley Tour de Force, next taking place July 17 through 19 in Ketchum, Idaho, allows enthusiasts to test the limits of their own exotics, such as the owner of a Bugatti Chiron who reached 253.01 mph on a previous edition’s 3.2-mile stretch.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The owners of a Florida curio shop have been arrested for selling human remains on Facebook Marketplace, according to the Orange City Police Department.
    Megan Forrester, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2025
  • But that hasn’t stopped some weird curios from sneaking through.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That's a rarity for the company, which is known for its pioneering rocket reuse.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 21 May 2025
  • The head coach, general manager and quarterback are all back, which has been a rarity around Bank of America Stadium during David Tepper’s seven-year tenure as owner.
    Joseph Person, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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“Curiosa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curiosa. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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