as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
the waitress styles her hair in a quirky way that always gets her remembered by customers
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Recent Examples of quirky
However, at fashion week, the use of wigs appears to be entirely decorative and avant-garde, the way a party wig exists in the same camp as a set of press-on nails or a quirky bag.
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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 10 July 2025
Before long, what started as a quirky obsession for the store worker became a collective quest for answers, even prompting trawls through historical records.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
These bricks from recycled coffee grounds aren't just a quirky experiment.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 July 2025
The quirky show Murderbot suggests that intelligent machines might be interested in something other than humanity.
—Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 5 July 2025
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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 10 July 2025
Before long, what started as a quirky obsession for the store worker became a collective quest for answers, even prompting trawls through historical records.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
These bricks from recycled coffee grounds aren't just a quirky experiment.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 July 2025
The quirky show Murderbot suggests that intelligent machines might be interested in something other than humanity.
—Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 5 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quirky
Adjective
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Sony and Microsoft and the PC world can keep playing the cutting-edge hardware competition while Nintendo luxuriates in its bizarre boutique silo, unbothered, moisturized, in its lane, consistently content with winning its own solo race.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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President Donald Trump shared a bizarre meme Saturday morning depicting himself and Vice President JD Vance chasing former President Barack Obama in an altered photo from O.J. Simpson’s infamous white Bronco police chase.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
26 July 2025
Adjective
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Chuck Lorre is back with yet another laugh-out-loud funny show to add to his TV universe.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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When something bad happens, five seconds later, something funny in life happens.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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Roman looks for instability in the first stars Perhaps the most exciting cosmic explosion discovery that Roman could make would be the observation of the strange explosive death of the universe's first stars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
20 July 2025
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An airline worker staying a night at a hotel near the airport entered their room, only to realize there was something strange about their view.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 July 2025
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And that’s exactly the kind of weird the planet needs.—
Heather Wishart-Smith,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Though country rock at their core, Roadhouse Band songs are flush with woodwinds and pedal steel, weird horns and synthesizers.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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The ever-changing face of modern gin has birthed many styles to pique the palate of the gin aficionado—or anyone partial to the odd G&T.—
Camille Berry,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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Depicted as short and animalistic in the comics, the tall, hunky Jackman seemed like an odd fit, but his interpretation of the retractable-clawed superhero is now definitive in mainstream popular culture.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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At $55, this is boundary-pushing whisky for the curious drinker who wants something beyond the usual suspects.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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But there is a curious asterisk to this part of the story: As the original plane returns to Washington, another red Vega waits in relative obscurity.—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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Perhaps this explains the peculiar tone of so much NPR content that seems both memoir-like and sermonic at once.—
Matthew Carey Salyer,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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The rocket deployed its primary passenger, Kosmos 2589, into a peculiar orbit hugging the equator and ranging between approximately 20,000 (12,500 miles) and 51,000 kilometers (31,700 miles) in altitude.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Even if that happens, however, Sternberg would still receive the 2025 World Series trophy if the Rays rebound from an erratic first half to win their first world championship.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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There is yet another small chance for thunderstorms this afternoon, ten percent likelihood or less, with the main threats of any storms that are able to develop being lightning and gusty and erratic outflow winds.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
16 July 2025
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