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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.
—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
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
Adverb
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Actress Park Eun-bin is offering unusually candid insights into her new Netflix superhero comedy, *WONDERfools*, a departure from her *Extraordinary Attorney Woo* role.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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The unusually large shift in Secret Service funds comes amid revelations that the president’s ballroom project will rely more on taxpayer money than the administration acknowledged.—
Jonathan O'Connell,
Washington Post,
18 June 2026
Adverb
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Then let conventional software do what conventional software has done extraordinarily well for decades and execute those rules consistently until the next update arrives.—
Demetri Giannikopoulos,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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Factors affecting crew selection Professional astronauts of any kind are extraordinarily capable.—
Margaret Landis,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
Adverb
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According to Macfarlane, significant heat waves and abnormally high summer temperatures should be expected statewide.—
Hali Smith
June 17,
Idaho Statesman,
17 June 2026
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Officials from Europe to India and Australia are warning of potential harmful effects, including heat waves and abnormally dry conditions.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
17 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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Being singularly focused on sports is part of ProphetX’s pitch to consumers.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
16 June 2026
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Its focus is singularly on American workers.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
Adverb
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Canada and Qatar drew their first matches, making this an extremely important opportunity for their hopes of advancing out of the group stage.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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All had extremely low omega-3 levels and at least one risk factor for dementia, such as obesity, sedentary lifestyle, high blood pressure or cholesterol.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
Adverb
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Sinks on the vanity have slanted, green marble angles giving them a trendy look, and the faucet’s water spray is equivalent to a drenching rainfall shower (wide, strong, and incredibly impressive).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
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This combination of technological capability and human ingenuity is incredibly powerful.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
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The choice of South Sudan as a receiving nation was particularly controversial given its exceptionally poor human rights record, high levels of corruption and growing political instability.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 June 2026
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In the one that opens the film, Forky (Tony Hale), the googly-eyed spork, marries a plastic knife called Karen Beverly (Melissa Villaseñor), a name so perfectly unmelodious that only a kid, or an adult exceptionally good at thinking like one, could have concocted it.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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“Freakishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freakishly. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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