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Recent Examples of oddly
Everything in this one feels oddly natural, despite the way the notes seem to oppose one another.
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Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 3 July 2025
The generous portions and sophisticated cocktails are the obvious draw, but there’s also something odd and delightful about a full-service restaurant crammed into a modern house that itself feels somewhat oddly crammed into a residential neighborhood.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
These are fantastical pieces, oddly human-like lamps that glow, literally, with toxic beauty.
—Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Her website is clunky, peppered with typos, yet oddly AI-like in tone.
—Ellen O'Connell Whittet
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
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Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 3 July 2025
The generous portions and sophisticated cocktails are the obvious draw, but there’s also something odd and delightful about a full-service restaurant crammed into a modern house that itself feels somewhat oddly crammed into a residential neighborhood.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
These are fantastical pieces, oddly human-like lamps that glow, literally, with toxic beauty.
—Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Her website is clunky, peppered with typos, yet oddly AI-like in tone.
—Ellen O'Connell Whittet
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddly
weirdly
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Google's existing unsubscribe prompts are evolving into a one-stop shop for all your subscription management needs, a feature that has been in the works for a weirdly long time.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 July 2025
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This was a weirdly tendentious way of putting the question.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddly. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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