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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
Across Colorado and beyond, a new wave of offbeat adventures is answering that call — from sleeping in treetops and caves to hiking alongside llamas and rolling your bed out under the night sky for al fresco stargazing snuggled under the covers.
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Brittany Anas,
Denver Post,
10 June 2026
Across the short films, Early plays, among other roles, a smiling, fiendish mall pop act; the shy, offbeat child of an overbearing stage mom; and an extra in a makeup chair whose instruments, his face and his voice, are progressively hampered by prosthetics.
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Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
Artificials addicts will try the most offbeat gadgets.
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Byron W. Dalrymple,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
If this is a slightly offbeat choice for a midnight movie column, there’s something to be said about the surreality of viewing such an immediate and reactive artform from nearly 10 years of distance.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
29 May 2026
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Brittany Anas,
Denver Post,
10 June 2026
Across the short films, Early plays, among other roles, a smiling, fiendish mall pop act; the shy, offbeat child of an overbearing stage mom; and an extra in a makeup chair whose instruments, his face and his voice, are progressively hampered by prosthetics.
—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
Artificials addicts will try the most offbeat gadgets.
—
Byron W. Dalrymple,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
If this is a slightly offbeat choice for a midnight movie column, there’s something to be said about the surreality of viewing such an immediate and reactive artform from nearly 10 years of distance.
—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
29 May 2026
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When Aaron Paul’s Jeff attempts to make a suspicious deposit, the bank teller (a game Nina Dobrev) demands to be in on the deal, in the sort of neo-noir twist that could suggest a rich film world populated with bizarre freaks of all stripes.
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In the canon of DC Comics, Comet is truly a bizarre character.
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What Trump is doing is unusual.
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Heat domes are not unusual, but the temperatures in this one have been.
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This scene is funny as well as poignant because Albert was played by the late Rob Reiner.
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But while there are occasionally funny moments, these movies are emblematic of the dumbing down of America.
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On June 23, 2026, though, the majority delivered an uncommon defeat in this contentious area.
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His distaste for the wealthy is not an uncommon feeling in the country, his defense argued.
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Informal Beyblade battles are popping up in strangest of places, with players huddling in parks, gyms and shopping malls.
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The falseness of the medium, though, jibed with the falseness of most attempts, throughout American history, to make sense of this enormous, strange man.
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So, that was kind of quite weird.
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But storefronts across the city have long been weird hodgepodges, rife with misspellings and aesthetic incoherence.
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Food also figured into other odd roadway incidents.
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Maternal Instinct lays out how Parker moved from a web of odd, though ultimately harmless lies about the fake pregnancy to killing her pregnant friend (Simmons-Hancock), and abducting her unborn fetus to present to her then-boyfriend, Wade Griffin, as their own.
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This is because of some peculiar accounting.
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Strange-looking body parts, peculiar backgrounds and photos of smiling teens who don’t actually exist.
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“Offbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offbeat. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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