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Recent Examples of strangeness
While her mother is trying to protect her from social embarrassment, Sasha sees no shame in her brother’s strangeness.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
In his book, Sultan wrote on the strangeness of the Valley’s homes temporarily annexed by adult entertainment, as if families had abandoned them suddenly overnight.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025
The show’s monsters can be startlingly intense, in fact, but none of them matches the strangeness of Steve Buscemi, as Nevermore’s new headmaster, dancing to Bruce Springsteen.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Heightening the strangeness is the fact that it’s shot in the style of Iranian meta cinema (think Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi), and the mostly Iranian cast speaks Farsi mixed with some French, as Rankin does himself.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
In his book, Sultan wrote on the strangeness of the Valley’s homes temporarily annexed by adult entertainment, as if families had abandoned them suddenly overnight.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025
The show’s monsters can be startlingly intense, in fact, but none of them matches the strangeness of Steve Buscemi, as Nevermore’s new headmaster, dancing to Bruce Springsteen.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Heightening the strangeness is the fact that it’s shot in the style of Iranian meta cinema (think Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi), and the mostly Iranian cast speaks Farsi mixed with some French, as Rankin does himself.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strangeness
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Roots are produced from the base of the bulb, but in an odd twist of botanical bizarreness, the roots are produced toward the end of the bloom time.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Sep. 2025
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Be the steward of your brand's weirdness, edge and truth, and then use AI to make those elements louder, not safer.—
Amy Packard Berry,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The film is a mess, opaque in its argument and tiring in its effortful weirdness, and yet in its best moments has a hypnotic pull.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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And Mahomes saw a similarity in the uniqueness of his game with the Hublot brand.—
Jeff Fedotin,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Names such as Maverick, Simba, Oakley, Dexter and Kona will ensure your dog some uniqueness at your local dog park.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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As Palace struggled at times in the face of Sunderland’s defensive shield, Pino was a shining light, but there were signs of the 22-year-old’s rawness and unfamiliarity with the way his new team play.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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But two weeks before, McMahon exposed her unfamiliarity with the technology after calling it A1, as in the steak sauce, while speaking on a panel about education innovation.—
Emily Forlini,
PC Magazine,
26 Aug. 2025
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Alongside Mignatti, architect Marco Lecchi coordinated construction, and is intimately familiar with the area and its peculiarities.—
Francesca Longoni,
Architectural Digest,
16 Sep. 2025
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Quantum computers, which harness the peculiarities of quantum physics for gains in speed and computing ability over classical machines, may one day revolutionize technology.—
Ananya Palivela,
Scientific American,
30 Aug. 2025
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The team element is a refreshing change from the oppressive singularity of the ATP tour.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Kurzweil’s singularity parallels ideas from Italian and Russian futurists amid the electrical and mechanical revolutions that took place at the turn of the 20th century.—
Sonja Fritzsche,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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Entirely rescinding the Roadless Rule would deny that principle, and in so doing wound America’s distinctiveness, and its greatness.—
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Twin Cities,
11 Sep. 2025
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Those are characteristics that are best stated overtly.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Most Playful Night Light This is a night light for kids and adults alike, embodying the charming, playful characteristics of all Dusen Dusen products.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Strangeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strangeness. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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