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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.
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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
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
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Earlier this year, a titanium mine was slated for construction on the edge of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, an unusually diverse ecosystem that is home to some of the country’s most pristine wetlands.—
David Gelles,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The film’s unusually long running time of 174 minutes would likely have required its images to be pretty heavily compressed to fit them onto a 66GB disc, but 100GB will hopefully give the remaster room to breathe.—
John Archer,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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The disease causes blood cells to grow abnormally in the bone marrow.—
Bonnie Bolden,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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As Connecticut starts off August with soaring temperatures and lots of sunshine, the state is facing abnormally dry conditions with the potential to turn into a moderate drought, according to officials.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
17 Aug. 2025
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The director said that watching Clooney perform this part left him uncommonly emotional on set.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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Its political agnosticism is seen, uncommonly, as a merit for loftier aims.—
Chris R. Morgan,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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That can be done singularly or collectively, but a singular approach would be more costly and disjointed.—
GARY ROUGHEAD,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Sep. 2025
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The moral firewall around Kennedy is illustrated by the case of glyphosate, an herbicide so singularly reviled by MAHA that, on social media, Ryerson goes by the Glyphosate Girl.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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In extremely dense fog where visibility is near zero, the best course of action is to first turn on your hazard lights, then simply pull into a safe location such as a parking lot of a local business, and stop.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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Lisa, 28, wore a black maxi dress with cutouts, and paired the look with an extremely rare Hermès Birkin while in South Korea's capital city.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Because hot & sour soup is incredibly nuanced.—
Shindy Chen,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
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In her new YouTube video, Katelynn explained how grief and depression have made daily tasks incredibly difficult for her, and a recent change in routine has further increased her poor mental state.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Directly referencing elders in such a manner is exceptionally rare in ancient inscriptions, underscoring the significance of the find.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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This is opposed to Destiny 2’s exceptionally poor onboarding experience which has only gotten worse in time.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Freakishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freakishly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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