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Recent Examples of strangeness
In a 2016 interview with EW, Young discussed the strangeness of acting on a political show in an era of political turmoil.
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EW.com, 22 June 2025
There’s an alluring strangeness to the island—I’d compare it to Iceland in how removed its residents feel, and the juxtaposition against volcanic fields.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 4 May 2025
Today quantum strangeness is no longer confined to theory.
—Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 3 June 2025
David Lynch’s dreamcatcher is also the perfect intersection of something pretty everyday but that is infused with strangeness: what dreams, what nightmares has this thing caught in Lynch’s home?
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 30 May 2025
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EW.com, 22 June 2025
There’s an alluring strangeness to the island—I’d compare it to Iceland in how removed its residents feel, and the juxtaposition against volcanic fields.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 4 May 2025
Today quantum strangeness is no longer confined to theory.
—Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 3 June 2025
David Lynch’s dreamcatcher is also the perfect intersection of something pretty everyday but that is infused with strangeness: what dreams, what nightmares has this thing caught in Lynch’s home?
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strangeness
Noun
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There are some historical peculiarities that even patient scholarship cannot fully explain.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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The artist continues to interrogate the interplay between image and text in culture today –– illustrating the persistent dominance of advertising, as well as the peculiarities of newer phenomena, such as memes.—
Megan Williams,
CNN Money,
18 July 2025
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The cosmos will then spend another 10 billion years collapsing, with the universe reaching its final singularity state after a total lifetime of just over 33 billion years.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
24 July 2025
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Hawking’s and Penrose’s singularities don’t require a smooth space-time.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Sometimes an offense takes on the characteristics of its most distinguishable member - only the Brewers have a lower team average exit speed than the Padres, and only a handful of clubs hit more line drives, as the club mimics the tendencies of Luis Arraez.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Felix Brill, chief investment officer at VP Bank, agrees that the SGD has many characteristics of a modern safe haven, including macroeconomic stability, strong institutions, a large current account surplus, and low political risk.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
21 July 2025
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Inside, exhibits trace the history of Harrogate’s rise as a fashionable spa resort, from eyebrow-raising Victorian treatments to the habits and oddities of 19th-century visitors.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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His new Goods and Services Tax replaced a byzantine tax code that included oddities like the octroi, a city toll on goods originating in the Roman empire.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
18 July 2025
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From our review: Tessa Van den Broeck, a newcomer, plays Julie with zero affectation.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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No fussy affectations, just a deliberate tamping down of his more charismatic qualities.—
A.A. Dowd,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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One attribute Ramsdale boasts which Pope does not is his strong ability to distribute with his feet.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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Major attributes must be considered, such as quality, security, performance and maintainability.—
Arthur Hicken,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Her signature ultra-thin, arched eyebrows, a style trait belonging to her renowned ’90s aesthetic, were kept intact, while her lips glowed as if they’d been coated in a thin layer of chapstick.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
29 July 2025
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Along those same lines, calling specific traits of genes good, could also cause people to look at other people who don’t have those genes in a lesser light.—
Sonia Thompson,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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“Strangeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strangeness. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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