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Recent Examples of oddly
This was clearly an audience satisfied with the show, but the reviews were oddly negative.
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
Everyone seems to want a piece of the action – oddly enough, even a Russian firearms manufacturer is getting involved.
—New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2026
High up, near her shoulder, was a flat circle that was oddly smooth and very different from the rest of her skin.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
There's no shortage of cleaning hacks on TikTok, but few are as oddly mesmerizing as the videos of wooden spoons plunged into boiling water.
—Bridget Shirvell, Martha Stewart, 29 Dec. 2025
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
Everyone seems to want a piece of the action – oddly enough, even a Russian firearms manufacturer is getting involved.
—New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2026
High up, near her shoulder, was a flat circle that was oddly smooth and very different from the rest of her skin.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
There's no shortage of cleaning hacks on TikTok, but few are as oddly mesmerizing as the videos of wooden spoons plunged into boiling water.
—Bridget Shirvell, Martha Stewart, 29 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddly
Adverb
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Even the police and military presence was strangely understated.—
Armando Ledezma,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
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Meals lose nuance, familiar places feel strangely distant, and critical warning signals like smoke, gas or spoiled food become harder to register.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Facing a peculiarly hostile administration in Washington, Pretoria has ample reason to pursue greater intra-BRICS cooperation—not out of ideological affinity with its members but out of the strategic necessity to protect itself against an erratic and punitive United States.—
OLIVER STUENKEL,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Nov. 2025
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In the early twentieth century, Einstein formulated equations for the peculiarly relative flow of time, now an indispensable part of the workings of all GPS systems.—
Alan Lightman
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The play’s real focus is is the weirdly codependent relationship between Matt and Davis, who are intellectual equals but very different in personality, morality and career success.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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During the rehearsal, Ruffalo broke the fourth wall just once, after uttering a weirdly contemporary-sounding line having to do with CBS’ newsroom possibly wanting to keep its distance from the slowly developing Nixon-scandal story.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
11 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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In an unusually combative video statement, Powell accused the administration of using federal prosecutors to interfere with the Fed's decision-making on interest rates.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
13 Jan. 2026
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His threats have instead pushed Greenlandic and Danish leaders closer together—and into an unusually public confrontation with the United States.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddly. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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