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as in absurd
conceived or made without regard for reason or reality
a bizarre invention that no one could figure out how to use
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as in strange
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
he gave a bizarre excuse for getting home so late
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Recent Examples of bizarre
For example, if the AI gives guidance that seems bizarre or nonsensical, the trust in the AI drops.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Lazy Horse went to see him together last summer at Long Island’s Jones Beach, a bizarre show where the entire pit got flooded.
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Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2026
That sense of the strange and otherworldly is viscerally felt throughout this bizarre head trip.
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
However, desperate stabs at reinvention, from attempts to break into the prediction and cryptocurrency markets to a bizarre and unexpected merger with a fusion power company called TAE Technologies late last year, have done little to instill confidence.
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Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
24 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for bizarre
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Lazy Horse went to see him together last summer at Long Island’s Jones Beach, a bizarre show where the entire pit got flooded.
—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2026
That sense of the strange and otherworldly is viscerally felt throughout this bizarre head trip.
—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
However, desperate stabs at reinvention, from attempts to break into the prediction and cryptocurrency markets to a bizarre and unexpected merger with a fusion power company called TAE Technologies late last year, have done little to instill confidence.
—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
24 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for bizarre
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bizarre
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The 41-year-old is still an elite NBA player, which is still an absurd reality to consider.
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The thesis rests on a claim that would have sounded absurd a year ago.
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Informal Beyblade battles are popping up in strangest of places, with players huddling in parks, gyms and shopping malls.
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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.
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For example, Fred Again is absolutely doing insane things with the MPC Lives.
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That dwarfs anything the powerhouse Spain teams did in the early 2010s, when the team was known for stringing together an insane number of passes that led to a goal.
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As the two form a close bond, Laila discovers there's some weird business going on within the house that threatens both of them.
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Confessions kicked off one of the weirdest eras in a career that has never been stingy with weirdness.
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Further, Plato’s disdain for Gorgias, Antisthenes’ first teacher, and sophistry in general is clear; in the Platonic dialogue Gorgias, the titular character is made out to be rather foolish.
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One is villianized and one is made to look foolish.
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Food also figured into other odd roadway incidents.
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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.
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These digital technologies have also created an echo chamber of self-confirming views, which has contributed to an unreal, simplified view of a nuanced, messy world.
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The air is fresh and clean, the pace is calm, and the views are unreal.
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Watching improv is reliably funny because performers work without a script.
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But figuring out how to do all that while being funny at the same time?
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“Bizarre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bizarre. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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