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[uh-rij-uh-nl] / əˈrɪdʒ ə nl /




NOUN
person who is eccentric
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There is a question mark about what happened after the judge knocked back the original decision.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

Landlords must refinance at borrowing rates that are roughly double the levels of five years ago, when many of the original loans were made.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

The planters are original to the stadium’s 1962 construction, and many had crumbled badly enough over the decades to need painstaking repair.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2026

The three additional episodes, announced in June, will run for 30 minutes each and continue to be based on storylines from the original novel by Janice Hadlow.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

The original home mortgage loans on whose fate both sides were betting played no other role.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Entering from the Islamic side, you view a magnificent 19th-century blue-and-turquoise vase, intricately arabesqued with wing-like handles, made in France but based on Alhambra originals.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

They’re originals and remind me of her beauty, humor and love of life.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Blue Note Records released her breakthrough solo LP, 1993’s “Blue Light ‘Til Dawn,” a mix of originals and covers of work by blues pioneer Robert Johnson and folk singers Van Morrison and Joni Mitchell.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

When mediocrity is the core objective of an extremely powerful company like this one, success hinges on turning the once-discerning viewer into a machine cog as mindless as one of Netflix’s baffling originals.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

"Just write them out again," he said to Turtle, who had eaten the originals.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin




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