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Recent Examples of freakish Consumer spending this year has been weak, but that could have been because of freakish weather. John Dorfman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 General manager Chris Ballard spoke candidly about Richardson on Tuesday at the NFL Scouting Combine, where two years ago Richardson put his freakish athleticism on display en route to Indianapolis selecting him fourth in the 2023 NFL Draft. James Boyd, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025 There may never be another big American exhibition about this freakish little era, when artists figured out how to make colorful ooze do their bidding. Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024 In this instance, freakish conditions had directed the sound of an Antarctic event northward, toward a lonely expanse of ocean. Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for freakish
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Adjective
  • These people are all very reactive and very impulsive.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In Jay Kelly’s titular role, the Oscar winner does plenty of looking back during an impulsive train trip from France to Italy.
    Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Timothy Simons portrays Noah’s eccentric older brother, Sasha, who’s married to Esther Roklov (Jackie Tohn) and forms an unlikely friendship with Morgan.
    Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The original series followed an eccentric American family with four sons, including gifted genius Malcolm (Muniz) and brothers Francis (Masterson), Reese (Berfield) and Dewey (Erik Per Sullivan), led by parents Hal (Bryan Cranston) and Lois (Jane Kaczmarek).
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • With a roster that includes Margot Robbie, Miles Teller and Brooke Shields, Ullman says tariff anxiety shoehorned into an already volatile market and tense political climate has pushed clients to be far more conservative.
    Trey Williams, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Gold has seen historic gains in 2025, its more-than-50% surge surpassing previous volatile periods such as after the September 11 attacks, the 2008 financial crisis or even the Covid-19 pandemic.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • As with many of Burton's best films, the real magic is the nuggets of human profundity hidden within the bleak imagery and whimsical comedy.
    Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The picture book is both written and illustrated by Knightley, 40, who tells a whimsical story about a young girl that wishes her new baby sister would be carried away by birds.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Freakish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freakish. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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