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Recent Examples of oddly
Responsibility is framed as both diffuse and oddly concentrated, with Banks and, to a lesser extent, Mok positioned as primary targets for scrutiny.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2026
This upscale and oddly tasty dish is available in the suites and club level.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
Only a wreck or oddly conservative run could take them off the medal stand and Shiffrin skied tentatively, leaving the Americans fourth.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
Some menus have squeezed text and oddly blurry graphical toggles; also, attempting to access more granular climate system settings required multiple taps in some situations.
—Adam Ismail, The Drive, 18 Feb. 2026
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2026
This upscale and oddly tasty dish is available in the suites and club level.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
Only a wreck or oddly conservative run could take them off the medal stand and Shiffrin skied tentatively, leaving the Americans fourth.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
Some menus have squeezed text and oddly blurry graphical toggles; also, attempting to access more granular climate system settings required multiple taps in some situations.
—Adam Ismail, The Drive, 18 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for oddly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddly
Adverb
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But strangely, the 28-year-old confesses the transition was relatively smooth.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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His Mediterranean roots fuel a perpetual chase for sunshine, while his creative sweet spot strangely hits mid-journey rather than at destination.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 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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In addition to introducing us to super humans, the winter games are also weirdly entertaining.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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But this performance’s wealth of gyration seemed subtly throwback-y and weirdly wholesome.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Paramount, unusually, had moved on regulatory approvals without a deal in hand so there is nothing, in fact, to close on.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
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One afternoon in 2024, when her session in court had ended unusually early, Gisèle Pelicot went to the Leclerc supermarket in Carpentras, a picturesque town in Provence.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddly. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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