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Recent Examples of oddly
Monthlies are nearly $1,900, and get you a live-in super, building storage, laundry, and, oddly, free internet.
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 22 Apr. 2025
There is something oddly familiar about speaking on the phone with Emily Henry.
—Maya Layne, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2025
Hollywood cinema has ever been a medium of self-reflexivity, mining its own art and business for story material, so the latest depiction of above-the-line talent — oddly, there is a paucity of films about gaffers, best boys, or foley artists — is part of a venerable tradition.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
That first week after Mary’s release proved oddly healing for Karina.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 22 Apr. 2025
There is something oddly familiar about speaking on the phone with Emily Henry.
—Maya Layne, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2025
Hollywood cinema has ever been a medium of self-reflexivity, mining its own art and business for story material, so the latest depiction of above-the-line talent — oddly, there is a paucity of films about gaffers, best boys, or foley artists — is part of a venerable tradition.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
That first week after Mary’s release proved oddly healing for Karina.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddly
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The morning light around him looking weirdly malevolent, a young man stumbles to the door of a small country church, swinging the remains of a guitar in one hand.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
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Suddenly everything just felt weirdly more alive to me.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddly. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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