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Recent Examples of extraordinarily
After an extraordinarily dry handful of years, this year or next could easily be the one that drops those deliveries out of compliance.
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Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 13 Feb. 2026
The Egg Nebula, so-named for its yolk (the star) surrounded by egg white (clouds of dust and gas), is extraordinarily dynamic, with twin beams of light punching through a series of rippling arcs.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Grand jury rejections are extraordinarily unusual, but have happened repeatedly in recent months in Washington as citizens who have heard the government’s evidence have come away underwhelmed in a number of cases.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The term’s origins lie in a 2017 Cosmopolitan article describing a romantic relationship, about three months in length, that’s extraordinarily painful, with one side having more interest than the other.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
The beds are also extraordinarily comfortable.
—Meredith Bethune, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2026
Building the cutting-edge software models that makes this shift possible is an extraordinarily expensive process that requires stringing together thousands of chips that sell for tens of thousands of dollars apiece.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
Biology, by contrast, evolved systems that trade raw speed for resilience, parallelism, and extraordinarily low power consumption.
—Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
American medicine is extraordinarily resistant to change.
—Robert Pearl, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026
Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 13 Feb. 2026
The Egg Nebula, so-named for its yolk (the star) surrounded by egg white (clouds of dust and gas), is extraordinarily dynamic, with twin beams of light punching through a series of rippling arcs.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Grand jury rejections are extraordinarily unusual, but have happened repeatedly in recent months in Washington as citizens who have heard the government’s evidence have come away underwhelmed in a number of cases.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The term’s origins lie in a 2017 Cosmopolitan article describing a romantic relationship, about three months in length, that’s extraordinarily painful, with one side having more interest than the other.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
The beds are also extraordinarily comfortable.
—Meredith Bethune, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2026
Building the cutting-edge software models that makes this shift possible is an extraordinarily expensive process that requires stringing together thousands of chips that sell for tens of thousands of dollars apiece.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
Biology, by contrast, evolved systems that trade raw speed for resilience, parallelism, and extraordinarily low power consumption.
—Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
American medicine is extraordinarily resistant to change.
—Robert Pearl, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extraordinarily
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After an unusually warm and dry stretch, soggy weather could be returning to Phoenix.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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What Comes Next The scale of this expedition — spanning the full length of Argentina’s continental margin — makes its data set unusually comprehensive.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, the Northeast was beginning to thaw after a weekslong stretch of uncommonly cold weather.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Feb. 2026
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But in the invisibly sculpting hands of Swiss director Petra Volpe and the exquisite performances of two first-rate actors, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Rob Morgan, Frank & Louis is an uncommonly tender incarceration drama.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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However, for years, the Legislature has been too singularly focused on creating and incentivizing dispatchable energy, to the detriment of other important and effective solutions.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Savings seemingly secured with lower rates can easily be negated by other expenses that can be easily overlooked if singularly focused on rates.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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That’s extremely cold, even as much of the open Atlantic Ocean remains abnormally warm.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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With this type, a different kind of antibody, called IgM, gets abnormally programmed.—
Ruth Jessen Hickman,
Health,
10 Feb. 2026
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Criminal defenses that meet the legal threshold to argue an alternative perpetrator was responsible are extremely uncommon in the state, legal experts told the Statesman.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Feb. 2026
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Fajardo-Acosta described him as an extremely serious person who also possessed a good sense of humor, spoke very eloquently and read all the time.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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While authorities said 11 of the 12 victims were killed in avalanches triggered by exceptionally unstable conditions on ungroomed backcountry slopes, The Associated Press reported a total of 13 deaths.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Wagner Moura Basking in the sun outside The Times newsroom ahead of his digital cover shoot last month, Wagner Moura seemed exceptionally relaxed about spending his Tuesday afternoon in El Segundo with a bunch of journalists.—
Matt Brennan
Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Despite schools, colleges and mass education becoming more important for social cohesion and economic development than ever, teaching has stayed remarkably consistent even as other sectors and institutions have been transformed by computers and smartphones.—
José Manuel Barroso,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Despite having had seven presidents since 2016, Peru’s economy has remained remarkably stable with low external debt levels amid the political turmoil.—
Franklin Briceño,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Searching for a desirable fall 1991 Yohji Yamamoto Homme leather jacket or an incredibly elusive fanny pack from Louis Vuitton’s 1996 collaboration with Vivienne Westwood?—
Alexandra Hildreth,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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Perhaps incredibly, Franciosa and Rubi did not immediately hang up the phone.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Extraordinarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extraordinarily. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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