freakishly

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Recent Examples of freakishly The freakishly long defensive lineman arrived at Iowa as a 250-pound two-way player that some colleges were recruiting to play on the offensive line. Mike Defabo, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025 Meteorologists have described it as freakishly large. Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025 That wasn’t the only freakishly good headline of the weekend. Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freakishly
Adverb
  • By adding a new molecule— borrowed from skin care—to their Infiniment Coty Paris fragrance collection, perfumes achieve the unusually long wear time of 30 hours, something none of us or our industry judges have ever seen or smelled before.
    Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Keep those air conditioners humming, because this week is kicking off with some unusually hot weather.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • These stellar fireworks generated extraordinarily powerful galactic winds, first detected in 2019, spanning a whopping 326,200 light-years, propelling gas and dust outward into the galaxy's vast halo of hot gas, known as the circumgalactic medium, or CGM.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • While the chances of winning are extraordinarily low — about 1 in 292 million, according to Powerball — if history is any indication, some states may have more of a propensity to churn out winners than others.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The rain is much needed, as most of the Kansas City forecast area is abnormally dry, with moderate drought conditions creeping closer to its boundaries in mid-Missouri, the weather service said.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The disease causes blood cells to grow abnormally in the bone marrow.
    Bonnie Bolden, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • As the brand scales across North America, the bet is that common sense, done uncommonly well, is exactly what the market has been waiting for.
    Simon Mainwaring, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • To begin with, Shore had an uncommonly encouraging and generous family.
    Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • But this was South Korea in the 1960s – a deeply patriarchal society that was singularly focused on rebuilding from the devastation of the Korean war and Japan’s brutal occupation before that.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Wall Street was singularly focused on Oracle’s forward-looking numbers and a massive growth trajectory that the company now sees thanks to its booming cloud infrastructure business and a host of new artificial intelligence deals.
    Ari Levy, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Or consider the extremely rapid development of vaccines during the recent COVID pandemic.
    Alan Lightman September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Kirk has risen in popularity over the years for his extremely polarizing takes, which resulted in a heavy split among reactions to his passing.
    Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • However, these fluctuations are incredibly important, from a cosmic perspective.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Now, glasses are for everyone and have become incredibly versatile.
    Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Beginners remain an exceptionally vulnerable population of snowboarders, which is why Manuylov now aims to reach them in a different way.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Speaking ahead of the match, Khumalo expressed his confidence that the current squad is exceptionally well-positioned to compete not only across Africa but on the global stage, marking what could be a defining moment in South African football’s modern journey.
    Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Freakishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freakishly. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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