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as in unusual
being out of the ordinary
the marine is being cited for extraordinary courage
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as in uncommon
noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced
no one noticed anything extraordinary about the airline passenger
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Recent Examples of extraordinary
The extraordinary success achieved by some of the world’s greatest leaders often traces back to formative, and sometimes complicated, childhood environments.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
The extraordinary footage, which Unitree Robotics shared on the its social media channels depicts the humanoid bot carrying out a series of complex movements, including pirouettes, dance routines, as well as incredible kickboxing skills.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
The extraordinary change is poised to leave more than 650,000 Missouri residents without access to SNAP payments next month as the federal shutdown stretches into its third week.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2025
At the high end of the consumer, American Express earnings were extraordinary.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
The extraordinary footage, which Unitree Robotics shared on the its social media channels depicts the humanoid bot carrying out a series of complex movements, including pirouettes, dance routines, as well as incredible kickboxing skills.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
The extraordinary change is poised to leave more than 650,000 Missouri residents without access to SNAP payments next month as the federal shutdown stretches into its third week.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2025
At the high end of the consumer, American Express earnings were extraordinary.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extraordinary
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The shake-up leaves an unusual number of spots open on the party’s Central Committee, which began its term in 2022 with 205 members and 171 non-voting alternates.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
20 Oct. 2025
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Moose Jaw was actually unusual for its welcoming of Chinese immigrants, no small achievement in the often violently racist response to Asian immigrants to North America.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
20 Oct. 2025
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While factory closures have not been uncommon over the past year, BGMEA officials say the industry is facing mounting pressures.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
20 Oct. 2025
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Unlike Major League Baseball, fire sales are highly uncommon in the NFL when teams fall out of playoff contention.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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Sharing the minutes around will hopefully reduce the strain on key players so they are only pushed to the limit in exceptional circumstances.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The retrospective is part of PVR Inox’s ongoing initiative to honor landmark films and exceptional talent from India and beyond.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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His writing is lavishly detailed and sharply intelligent, nuanced and lyrical but also funny and sometimes surreal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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The dudes-rock montage that followed the execution sketch had some genuinely funny bits.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
15 Oct. 2025
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Participants will learn the differences between dabbling and diving ducks, their unique characteristics and how to use eBird to find local waterfowl viewing hot spots.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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Its unique geography, between Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake, along with its mountain surroundings, offers an enviable climate with hot summers and mild winters.—
Kimberly Lyn,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Oct. 2025
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson spent his leisure time writing down the strange new lyrics in his journal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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The place was a dump, with paint chipping from the ceilings, floors slanted at strange angles, rodent droppings situated along the floorboards, and paper-thin walls that welcomed in bitter winter air.—
Jeff Pearlman,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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Sea star wasting disease is a rare example of a fast and coordinated response to a marine epidemic.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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One rare occasion was when the trio came together for Apple's societal debut at Le Bal des Débutantes in Paris last year.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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The modern world drives you back underground in a weird way.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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One of the most compelling takeaways from the Nuggets’ preseason was David Adelman’s willingness to get weird — a quality that escaped them by the end of Michael Malone’s tenure.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Extraordinary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extraordinary. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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