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as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
an outlandish outfit made entirely out of bottle caps
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as in exotic
excitingly or mysteriously unusual
the outlandish tribal rituals that astonished early explorers of that land
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Recent Examples of outlandish
Her whereabouts have eluded investigators and stirred up theories both feasible and outlandish among the 4,000-person community as the townspeople tried to make sense of what could have happened to the young woman.
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Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Even the most outlandish actions are based on reality.
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Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
11 June 2026
What Santos said next took me aback, even by his outlandish and brazen standards.
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Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
4 June 2026
Directed by Michael Patrick Jann, this mockumentary is an outlandish mashup of sugary Midwestern femininity and homicidal rage, where nothing — nothing — is more important than winning.
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Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
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Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Even the most outlandish actions are based on reality.
—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
11 June 2026
What Santos said next took me aback, even by his outlandish and brazen standards.
—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
4 June 2026
Directed by Michael Patrick Jann, this mockumentary is an outlandish mashup of sugary Midwestern femininity and homicidal rage, where nothing — nothing — is more important than winning.
—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlandish
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In a bizarre scene at the ceremony, his troops stood at attention as Ríos addressed them in a live video feed from a Bogotá prison.
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This has produced a toxic and bizarre backlash.
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Juan Carlos, owner of J&C Handcrafted Culture, sells hand-painted and sculpted Mexican pottery as well as exotic plants.
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One to have in all your exotic wagers.
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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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AIs will be our friends, our confidants, our therapists, our doctors, our employees, our business partners—and yes, in many cases, our romantic partners and lovers.
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The twisted romantic fantasy, directed by YouTuber Curry Barker, has generated $117 million internationally and a sensational $333 million globally to date.
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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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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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Weather officials say erratic winds have been sending smoke to different parts of the region this weekend.
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That, of course, was shown at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where the Jabulani grabbed headlines for its erratic and unpredictable movement — so much so that there’s a Wikipedia page dedicated to its criticisms.
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“Outlandish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlandish. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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