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Recent Examples of freakishly
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.
—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
First, Alcaraz hit a forehand winner which freakishly clipped the net cord and dropped beyond Djokovic’s reach.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
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
First, Alcaraz hit a forehand winner which freakishly clipped the net cord and dropped beyond Djokovic’s reach.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freakishly
Adverb
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Richards-Slavik said the acreage stays unusually green for foothill country and is dotted with mature oaks.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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The unusually long list of uncontested races highlights the increasingly safe nature of many legislative districts in South Florida.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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Today, a new and extraordinarily powerful institution has emerged.—
Joseph Andrew,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Even so, the task remained extraordinarily difficult.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
Adverb
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But SpaceX is disclosing a technical caveat that can disrupt a user’s online activities during periods of abnormally high usage.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
3 June 2026
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Hummingbirds Bypassed Your Area At the same time, abnormally mild spring weather can motivate hummingbirds to move north in search of a place to nest.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
1 June 2026
Adverb
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The skilled pivot speaks almost perfect English and is uncommonly engaging to speak with.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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Trump took an uncommonly equanimous approach to Tuesday’s results the following morning.—
Thomas Beaumont,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
Adverb
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Erdozain writes with a poet’s concision but a maximalist’s zeal, leaving no room in his historical account for any doubt that American exceptionalism has been a singularly detrimental force.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
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Pantochino Productions, the singularly silly, strange and hysterical small theater company that has worked out of the Milford Arts Council (MAC) for the past 16 years, occupies a unique place in the Connecticut theater landscape.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2026
Adverb
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According to Outword Magazine Fred Palmer, the owner of Scott’s, Alan Irvine, is extremely gay supportive and has hosted numerous events for both Outword and the Rainbow Chamber of Commerce (see below).—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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The whole episode is a reminder to product designers everywhere that users can be extremely sensitive to the seemingly smallest changes — and Spotify clearly had not anticipated that a teeny-tiny disco ball drop would prove to be unpopular.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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Biological systems are incredibly good at making reactions run at low temperature and pressure through the use of catalysts.—
Chris Lee,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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Likewise, the information helps Mancuso tailor wigs on what is sometimes very short notice, and the two departments collaborate incredibly closely to, say, transform Bad Bunny into a chatbot companion (of sorts).—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
9 June 2026
Adverb
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While many cats make for independent pets who can entertain themselves, there are some breeds who are exceptionally affectionate.—
Madeline Gunderson,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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While exceptionally rare, there is recent precedent for Missouri courts overturning elections.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
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“Freakishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freakishly. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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