1
as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
an offbeat approach to the task, but it gets the job done
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as in unusual
noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced
this writer has an enjoyably offbeat sense of humor
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Recent Examples of offbeat
Here the actress is liberated by something both offbeat and nuanced, selling a performance that is more effective at threading this morphing tone than the film itself is.
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Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Shah always heads for the antiques shop Mon Grenier, which owner Abdellatif Bellamine keeps piled high with offbeat finds.
—Liza Foreman, Architectural Digest, 30 Apr. 2026
There’s that, plus the hundreds of thousands of stellar restaurants, outstanding shopping opportunities, and zany offbeat attractions that make the Japanese capital a wildly entertaining—and impeccably safe—destination for travelers of all kinds.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
Or why not make something offbeat like that a regular part of the rotation?
—Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 28 Apr. 2026
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Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Shah always heads for the antiques shop Mon Grenier, which owner Abdellatif Bellamine keeps piled high with offbeat finds.
—Liza Foreman, Architectural Digest, 30 Apr. 2026
There’s that, plus the hundreds of thousands of stellar restaurants, outstanding shopping opportunities, and zany offbeat attractions that make the Japanese capital a wildly entertaining—and impeccably safe—destination for travelers of all kinds.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
Or why not make something offbeat like that a regular part of the rotation?
—Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for offbeat
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In a bizarre video circulating after his trip, Landry walked the streets of Greenland’s capital Nuuk and handed out chocolate chip cookies to baffled Greenlandic children.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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The latest effort from idiosyncratic director Gus Van Sant dramatizes a bizarre true story about a 1977 hostage situation where a man named Tony Kistis held a mortgage broker at gunpoint with a shotgun wired to his neck.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
22 May 2026
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The Sun forms a cazimi with Mercury in Taurus in your 3rd House of Communication, illuminating messages, conversations, errands, and daily decisions with unusual clarity.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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The unusual move would allow the administration to bypass a public bidding process, relying on a deal for engineering services already underway at the White House.—
Sarah Blaskey,
Washington Post,
14 May 2026
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Jon Rahm is one of the best handful of golfers in the world, and, in media availability and his infrequent YouTube golf appearances, is thoughtful, funny and personable.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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Semple’s writing is warm and absurdly funny but also occasionally devastating—as when, roughly midway through the book, Adora digresses into recalling her experiences writing for a comedy show in the 1990s.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Specials uncommon enough that many investors don’t know much (if anything) about them.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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The problem with a premise like this is that, among many other realities, female CEOs or titans of industry are no longer uncommon.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
22 May 2026
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They were considered to have strange physical afflictions or weak mental attitudes, and some people with endocrine diseases were even dismissed as ‘freaks’ and heckled in circuses or locked away in institutions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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So yes, there was a kind of resistance, because the film and the script could seem strange, and some people wanted to normalize it, to fit it into a genre.—
Roberto Prieto,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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Tom always found something deeper, more creative, more thoughtful, weird, fun & unique.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
18 May 2026
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So that’s weird for Kickstarter.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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And maybe hold a parallel history of travel and displacement in some odd way?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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The episode included Colbert reminiscing on some odd and unfortunate moments from filming The Late Show, and the host chatting with some of his staff about their roles on the show.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2026
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Emery is a peculiar case in management, a coach who is almost caught in the grey area between very good jobs and massive ones.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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The accounting quality, governance architecture, and capital-structure questions visible in the Cerebras S-1 are not peculiar to Cerebras.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2026
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“Offbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offbeat. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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