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Recent Examples of atypically
Trump has recently appeared onstage with MAGA convert Nicki Minaj, and remade the Kennedy Center in his own name, atypically hosting its annual gala feting Kiss, George Strait, Gloria Gaynor and Michael Crawford.
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Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The mild-mannered Danes are atypically furious.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
If renters stayed for years and years, that might have been due to their atypically generous landlords.
—Will Ellis, Curbed, 6 Jan. 2026
O’Neill directs the steamroller of tragedy right at the characters and then — atypically, delightfully — diverts it.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2025
On otherwise craggy seastacks near Goat Rock in Sonoma Coast State Park, Parkman found atypically shiny patches about 10 to 14 feet above the ground.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2025
The band's extensive visits to the city − and an atypically long absence from the market, six years − likely contributed to that accomplishment.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 12 Oct. 2025
This season also happened to have an atypically huge Week 1 game, Texas-Ohio State.
—Jason Kirk, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Another concern is that job gains in recent months have been atypically concentrated, notably in health care and social assistance, which is greatly outpacing employment growth in the economy as a whole.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 4 Sep. 2025
Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The mild-mannered Danes are atypically furious.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
If renters stayed for years and years, that might have been due to their atypically generous landlords.
—Will Ellis, Curbed, 6 Jan. 2026
O’Neill directs the steamroller of tragedy right at the characters and then — atypically, delightfully — diverts it.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2025
On otherwise craggy seastacks near Goat Rock in Sonoma Coast State Park, Parkman found atypically shiny patches about 10 to 14 feet above the ground.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2025
The band's extensive visits to the city − and an atypically long absence from the market, six years − likely contributed to that accomplishment.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 12 Oct. 2025
This season also happened to have an atypically huge Week 1 game, Texas-Ohio State.
—Jason Kirk, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Another concern is that job gains in recent months have been atypically concentrated, notably in health care and social assistance, which is greatly outpacing employment growth in the economy as a whole.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for atypically
Adverb
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After an unusually warm and dry stretch, soggy weather could be returning to Phoenix.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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What Comes Next The scale of this expedition — spanning the full length of Argentina’s continental margin — makes its data set unusually comprehensive.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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After an extraordinarily dry handful of years, this year or next could easily be the one that drops those deliveries out of compliance.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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The Egg Nebula, so-named for its yolk (the star) surrounded by egg white (clouds of dust and gas), is extraordinarily dynamic, with twin beams of light punching through a series of rippling arcs.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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That’s extremely cold, even as much of the open Atlantic Ocean remains abnormally warm.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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With this type, a different kind of antibody, called IgM, gets abnormally programmed.—
Ruth Jessen Hickman,
Health,
10 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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But in the invisibly sculpting hands of Swiss director Petra Volpe and the exquisite performances of two first-rate actors, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Rob Morgan, Frank & Louis is an uncommonly tender incarceration drama.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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Nonetheless, in a year in which the studios came through to a remarkable extent and produced some movies of extraordinary artistry on a spectacular scale, the intersection of the art and the business of cinema is uncommonly strong.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Atypically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atypically. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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