as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
some new and way-out suggestions for naming the baby
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Recent Examples of way-out
But in the 1950s, Detroit was still about blue-skying massive, gas-swigging machines and way-out concept cars.
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Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
Motel Destino is another way-out-there movie.
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Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Nov. 2025
Suddenly, after months of sameness, way-out Pluto makes a move, ending its latest retrograde and turning direct!
—
Jennifer Culp,
Them,
4 Oct. 2024
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
Motel Destino is another way-out-there movie.
—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Nov. 2025
Suddenly, after months of sameness, way-out Pluto makes a move, ending its latest retrograde and turning direct!
—
Jennifer Culp,
Them,
4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for way-out
Adjective
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In a bizarre scene at the ceremony, his troops stood at attention as Ríos addressed them in a live video feed from a Bogotá prison.—
John Otis,
NPR,
21 June 2026
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This has produced a toxic and bizarre backlash.—
Tom Deignan,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2026
Adjective
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Informal Beyblade battles are popping up in strangest of places, with players huddling in parks, gyms and shopping malls.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
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The falseness of the medium, though, jibed with the falseness of most attempts, throughout American history, to make sense of this enormous, strange man.—
Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
Adjective
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Other members of the cast contribute some sharp edges and moments that are legitimately funny.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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Someone’s losing their dignity, and that’s funny.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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So, that was kind of quite weird.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
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But storefronts across the city have long been weird hodgepodges, rife with misspellings and aesthetic incoherence.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
22 June 2026
Adjective
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Food also figured into other odd roadway incidents.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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Maternal Instinct lays out how Parker moved from a web of odd, though ultimately harmless lies about the fake pregnancy to killing her pregnant friend (Simmons-Hancock), and abducting her unborn fetus to present to her then-boyfriend, Wade Griffin, as their own.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 June 2026
Adjective
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There is a peculiar optimism embedded in the leadership development industry — a near-religious conviction that with the right workshop, the right coach, the right 360-degree feedback tool, any leader can be transformed into a better version of themselves.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Strange-looking body parts, peculiar backgrounds and photos of smiling teens who don’t actually exist.—
Shaddi Abusaid,
AJC.com,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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Weather officials say erratic winds have been sending smoke to different parts of the region this weekend.—
Kayla Bartkowski,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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That, of course, was shown at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where the Jabulani grabbed headlines for its erratic and unpredictable movement — so much so that there’s a Wikipedia page dedicated to its criticisms.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
Adjective
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The film, released as an accompaniment to the band’s 2017 album, Spirit, is a curious reminder of the path music takes after it’s released into the world.—
Shaad D’Souza,
Pitchfork,
22 June 2026
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To my father, wellness was not a goal to be optimized, but rather something that came naturally with a curious, family-oriented, and altruistic existence.—
Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
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“Way-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/way-out. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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