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Recent Examples of out-of-the-way
Adjective
Named for their out-of-the-way location compared to Nassau, the Out Islands combined welcomed 40% less visitors than Nassau on New Providence Island in 2019. Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025 With a smartphone camera rolling, Patrick confronted employees of an out-of-the-way retail store that sold the winning ticket for the $83.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot, which was then provided to the actual player by a third-party vendor. John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 Its business model is to connect travelers in cities that have little or no nonstop service, thus sparing folks from having to change planes in out-of-the-way hubs. Chris Dong, AFAR Media, 24 July 2025 Others are hidden in some of the game's most out-of-the-way underground crevices and practically require the use of collectible in-game treasure maps to find. ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for out-of-the-way
Recent Examples of Synonyms for out-of-the-way
Adjective
  • But upon Bennet’s arrival, things take a turn for the bizarre, when the wealthy tycoon builds himself a prison cell in the basement, in an apparent act of meditative penance that forces Blakey into an inversion of traditional power dynamics.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Tasked with bringing into reality those that are a little further down on the bizarre end of the spectrum, the show’s prosthetics and VFX teams had their work cut out for them.
    Lisa de los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Because our mulch is rubber, this seemed unusual, and out of caution, the guardian was called immediately.
    Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Routh, who is representing himself, has filed unusual motions requesting strippers and a golf round with the president.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Because something very strange happens here.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Probably not, given the company’s strange hesitance to part ways with its current leadership.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Harmful behaviors are not an uncommon occurrence in Indiana schools.
    IndyStar, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Design What Lincoln equipped on the Nautilus loaned to me was a standard list of luxury options, coupled with some more uncommon ones.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Even with Muchová so clearly struggling, Osaka faced some weird jeopardy down the stretch.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Far from being dead, reunions exist now in a zone of distortion, a weird gray area in which many people feel obligated to go without quite knowing why.
    Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Several commenters expressed their support for him, saying emphatic no’s and doubling down on how funny the skit was.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The show has captured the world’s imagination with its charming, funny, and relatable observations about everyday family life.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • There is an odd statistic connected to Osaka that means everything or nothing.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond the site rise the blocky tops of many-coloured containers, the odd crane.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Lisa, 28, wore a black maxi dress with cutouts, and paired the look with an extremely rare Hermès Birkin while in South Korea's capital city.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Hundreds of thousands of people face rare summer frost alerts on Thursday morning as temperatures plummet.
    Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Out-of-the-way.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/out-of-the-way. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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