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Recent Examples of freakishly
As novel as a collapse spread over 108 days — one for each stitch on the ball — was, this year’s final weekend felt freakishly familiar.
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Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 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
Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 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
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At the Morgan, Rosenkrantz remarked that Hujar had picked an unusually eventful day.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Last month hundreds of trekkers had to be rescued from the northern Chinese side of Everest after unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummelled the Himalayas.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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But the Nanotyrannus specimen is 100% complete, which is extraordinarily rare in the fossil record, Napoli noted.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is extraordinarily effective, according to the CDC.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
28 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Three blue bloods — Penn State, LSU and Florida — have already ripped the Band-Aid, while others like Florida State and Auburn are amid abnormally bad multi-year stretches under their current leaders, and a switch nears for each.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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If a single account seems abnormally good at predicting the outcome of a single player’s games, that’s suspicious.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Yes, the re-escalation of hostile rhetoric Friday was the proximate excuse for the market's uncommonly calm ascent to crack.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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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
Adverb
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While Florida’s issues have hit a national scale, the burden is carried by each player and coach singularly.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
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President Biden singularly stands out in his callous enabling of the horrors inflicted on Gaza for more than a year.—
Shibley Telhami,
Time,
13 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Sharon is extremely annoying, but my heart does break for her a tiny bit here.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Satchel Crossbody This effortlessly chic crossbody bag will add an elegant flair to any daytime look while also being extremely functional.—
Melony Forcier,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Disney is incredibly unlikely to ever admit that politics were a factor in Doctor Who‘s cancellation, but Jimmy Kimmel’s brief suspension was revealing of the company’s desire to minimize MAGA wrath.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
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There’s always someone around the corner who’s eager to please you, but being so recognizable can become incredibly isolating as well.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Oct. 2025
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Season 34's core panel of judges all agreed that Earle performed exceptionally.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Walnuts Walnuts stand out among nuts for their exceptionally high levels of polyphenols (plant compounds) and vitamin E, antioxidants that protect fats within the body from harmful oxidation.—
Lauren Panoff,
Verywell Health,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Freakishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freakishly. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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