(9) More a desert encampment, an assembly of mismatched seating, pallet decking, curios (skulls, art, a mannequin dressed as a pirate), it sits among shrubbery off a sandy track – coloured lights, the sounds of motorbikes and the music of the 1970s are the only clues to its existence.

100 North San Francisco Street, +1 9, 13 The Museum Club, Flagstaff, Arizona This log cabin was built in 1931 as a taxidermy curio cabinet and became a roadhouse in 1939.

(7) He was entitled to the jubilation, but for neutrals his triumph was no more than a statistical curio.

(6) (Although Zschäpe’s mother later reported that she was concerned when she heard that Mundlos’s grandfather collected Nazi curios.).

(5) But without the infrastructure to produce and distribute hydrogen as a fuel, these vehicles are little more than curios.

(4) On a recent Monday, the market's alleyways, flanked by rows of shops selling curios, were empty of customers.

Doubles from €56 B&B, +34 913 694 643, Artistic B&B Facebook Twitter Pinterest Artsy Argentinians Paola and Rodolfo renovated a pensión in a 200-year-old building in the city’s Literary Quarter to create this snug, idiosyncratic B&B, decorated with rescued and restored furniture, curios from their world travels and Paola’s ceramics.

(2) Even their first win in the north London derby since 1999 is a curio for the statisticians.

(1) The first museums on history of nature were opened in early Enlightenment and had originated from baroque curio galleries at most of the European courts.

(n.) Any curiosity or article of virtu.

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'curiosity.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, There will always be a part of me that has this curiosity of the role my identity plays.

Jennifer Maas, Variety, 16 June 2022 My journey into the world of stakeholder capitalism was driven more by a journalist’s curiosity than a crusader’s zeal.

Scientific American Custom Media, Scientific American, 29 July 2022 The boundless hunger and curiosity of sharks can lead them to chow down on the most unexpected things, such as big game like hippos and crocs or inanimate objects like kayaks, cages and chicken coops. 2022 Jacob says the best science is always driven by pure curiosity. 2022 For years, most of the funds stayed in those digital wallets, more or less untouched, even as Bitcoin went from being a nerdy curiosity to fueling a global mania that pushed its price up more than 100-fold.ĭeclan Harty, Fortune, 7 July 2022 Vivvi is not only focused on flexibility, but on quality, fostering the joy of learning through play and themes inspired by children’s curiosity. 2022 Such was the curiosity about this venture that in addition to the Chicago Tribune and other Chicago outlets, representatives were in attendance from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, New York Post and others. Recent Examples on the Web Playing with my hair color has been a longtime curiosity of mine.

Curio definition