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Recent Examples of freakishly
Tonight, the New York Knicks won their first NBA title in 53 years over Victor Wembanyama, the most freakishly-gifted basketball player maybe ever.
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Marlow Stern,
Variety,
14 June 2026
Shot mostly in the Canary Islands with the region’s searing, glaring Tropic-of-Cancer-adjacent light, freakishly black, volcanic soil and groovy mid-century-modernist buildings, the film suggests a future where the worst climactic disasters have been avoided.
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Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2026
Others are luminously, freakishly beautiful, in ways that seem designed to appeal to beings from other solar systems.
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Rosa Lyster,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
Boston and Oklahoma City played high-level D and were freakishly athletic.
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Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
Six Jackson family members are credited as producers and still seem to be grappling with how their freakishly gifted and damaged relative came to exist.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
The story still lays there on the table, limp as a corpse, but freakishly still twitching.
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Jd Barker,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
The Frankenstein actor looked freakishly handsome in a custom tuxedo and vest, cotton poplin shirt, bow tie from Bottega Veneta.
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Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
16 Mar. 2026
Team Canada coach Jon Cooper often included him in freakishly skilled trio with Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon.
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Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
14 June 2026
Shot mostly in the Canary Islands with the region’s searing, glaring Tropic-of-Cancer-adjacent light, freakishly black, volcanic soil and groovy mid-century-modernist buildings, the film suggests a future where the worst climactic disasters have been avoided.
—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2026
Others are luminously, freakishly beautiful, in ways that seem designed to appeal to beings from other solar systems.
—
Rosa Lyster,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
Boston and Oklahoma City played high-level D and were freakishly athletic.
—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
Six Jackson family members are credited as producers and still seem to be grappling with how their freakishly gifted and damaged relative came to exist.
—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
The story still lays there on the table, limp as a corpse, but freakishly still twitching.
—
Jd Barker,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
The Frankenstein actor looked freakishly handsome in a custom tuxedo and vest, cotton poplin shirt, bow tie from Bottega Veneta.
—
Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
16 Mar. 2026
Team Canada coach Jon Cooper often included him in freakishly skilled trio with Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon.
—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freakishly
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Persistent fatigue despite adequate sleep, dizziness, breathlessness, brain fog, low mood, brittle nails, hair fall, feeling unusually cold, and changes in skin quality all signal low ferritin levels.
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An unusually dry and hot winter has created dangerously flammable conditions in forests and grasslands across the West.
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The trio stand out among other USA fans for their extraordinarily patriotic costumes.
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Millions of Canadians will continue visiting the United States every year, and the cultural and geographic relationship between the two countries remains extraordinarily close.
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Birds such as swifts, swallows, sparrows, and starlings, which make their nests in the eaves of roofs, have been particularly affected by abnormally high temperatures, said Romaine de Jaegere, founder of the Center for the Rehabilitation of Animals Living in the Wild refuge in Temploux, in Belgium.
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According to Macfarlane, significant heat waves and abnormally high summer temperatures should be expected statewide.
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The view was uncommonly broad, and the city skyline poked out of the eastern sky.
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The skilled pivot speaks almost perfect English and is uncommonly engaging to speak with.
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Instead of Cady as rapist, Cape Fear seems to be going for a general theme of Cady as violator, someone who is trespassing not singularly on a female body but on the Bowdens’ trustworthiness.
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Trump appears to have lost interest in most of the GOP agenda and has become almost singularly focused on his voting legislation to require proof of citizenship, which has almost no chance of passing.
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That restraint also challenges the idea that sauvignon blanc must be extremely aromatic to be recognizable.
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Superconductors can carry electricity with zero resistance, but only at extremely low temperatures.
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Designers of these technologies have to be sensitive to the fact that consumers will invite these tools into their personal lives and homes, meaning that privacy and the scope of what will be collected must be incredibly strict.
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Doing both puts a lot of stress on the brain when temperatures rise, and some people are incredibly sensitive to it.
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Ranging from 2,200 square feet to 3,581 square feet, the exceptionally spacious villas have terraces, gourmet kitchens, dining areas, personal butlers and staff available around the clock.
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Christie’s catalogue describes it as an exceptionally rare treatment of a pivotal political moment, when Mehmed sought to consolidate his rule over the former Byzantine capital by installing Gennadius as patriarch of the Orthodox Church.
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“Freakishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freakishly. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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