ORIGINALS Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

originals

noun

plural of original

as in prototypes

something from which copies are made please make copies to hand out, but keep the original

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as in eccentrics

a person of odd or whimsical habits the town's singing mailman is an original, all right

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Recent Examples of originals While today’s cinema listings are crammed with sequels and remakes, with the watching experience couched in discourse and then discourse about the discourse, the best ’90s films were for the most part true originals. — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026 Instead of swapping in cheaper versions on the low, a lot of shoppers are openly recommending their finds and lining them up next to the originals. — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026 As with all its cars, the donor vehicle that became the Brundle Edition Turbo was stripped down to its chassis and rebuilt with modern components inspired by the originals. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026 Several members of Bloys’ executive team at HBO will remain in their current positions, while Sarah Aubrey, head of originals for HBO Max, will take Paramount+’s original series output under her umbrella. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026 Zidni, who previously worked at Disney, watched global streamers pull back from Southeast Asian originals after 2023. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026 Right now, a lot of the originals reflect their own listening habits. — Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 22 Oct. 2026 Fairphone Impressively, Fairphone's priced the Fairbuds 2 lower than what the originals cost at launch. — New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026 The franchise has been in the Netflix global top 10 for a total of 17 weeks and a total of 13 weeks in the Nielsen streaming originals top 10 since 2022. — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Federal policy now allows businesses to deduct domestic research costs immediately, leaving more capital available for engineers, prototypes, and equipment.

— Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
De Jong began building prototypes and models in Los Angeles with her construction coordinator Jonas Kirk.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of prototypes

Noun

Step inside, though, and you’re transported to a bucolic Britain of rolling hills and village greens, bumbling eccentrics and cute, clever farm animals.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
The professionalization worked, but at the expense of the site’s internal culture, Cooke argues, as generous eccentrics were displaced by neurotic lovers of rules.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of eccentrics

Noun

Many of the office’s attorneys, particularly in its misdemeanor corps, work with basement-level spirits, according to one of the sources.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
Last month, citing anonymous sources, Reuters reported that Solidigm was holding pitch meetings with investment banks for an IPO that could value the company at up to $150 billion.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of sources

Noun

The characters seem to represent facets of brakence’s identity, while the songs on marroW blur the line between diegetic worldbuilding and glimpses of his real life.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026
Sir Patrick Stewart's most famous characters tackled concepts such as honor, morality and courage.

— Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of characters

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The world’s highest-profile tech billionaires offer the most conspicuous examples.

— Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
The original plan for 25 street-legal M6 GTs was eventually altered to 50 examples due to FIA requirements, but production never came to fruition, derailed by the 32-year-old McLaren’s death during testing at Goodwood in 1970.

— Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of examples

Noun

In a food processor, grind the nuts as finely as possible along with 1/4 cup/32 g of the flour.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Pulverized into a fine powder and bloomed in butter with the aromatics, the corn nuts bring an earthy sweetness and seriously amp up the corn flavor.

— Rick Martinez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of nuts

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As video game movies keep getting better (or at least more popular), a few blueprints have emerged for adapting material that used to consistently stump Hollywood.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026
Holtec has coordinated engineering hubs across several countries to finalize the technical blueprints.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of blueprints

Noun

As well as offering plenty of new old Polo classics and rarities to add to their wardrobes, the festival featured a plethora of pursuits for the crowds of Polo-maniacs to relish.

— Luke Leitch, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
This year, the Flaming Lips celebrated the 20th anniversary of At War With the Mystics with a special reissue containing a massive selection of rarities.

— Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2026

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