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Recent Examples of peculiarly
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.
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Oliver Stuenkel, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2025
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
So, Orange County in the late 1970s and early 1980s seems a peculiarly unlikely place to have a hardcore punk rock scene.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Aug. 2025
Oliver Stuenkel, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2025
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
So, Orange County in the late 1970s and early 1980s seems a peculiarly unlikely place to have a hardcore punk rock scene.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peculiarly
Adverb
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The bulk of this month’s business, perhaps strangely, belonged to last season’s two FA Cup finalists.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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The labor market has behaved strangely since the pandemic.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The build has felt oddly subdued for much of the month, largely because the focus shifted toward promoting the quarterly Peacock special instead.—
Rob Wolkenbrod,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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That run now feels oddly sepia-toned, a pre-brat cultural moment before pop’s current maximalist turn.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
22 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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But last year, one of the state’s 10 resurgent wolf packs became unusually habituated to hunting and eating livestock instead of wild prey.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Park City, Utah, one of the West’s most beloved ski destinations, is having an unusually difficult season.—
Alex Schechter,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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American medicine is extraordinarily resistant to change.—
Robert Pearl,
Twin Cities,
30 Jan. 2026
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Soft-spoken in person, Jefferson was extraordinarily adept at communicating emotion on the page.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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This has, weirdly, resulted in far-right communities being one of the few spaces where maternal labor is explicitly celebrated, rather than dismissed or ignored.—
Ej Dickson,
Rolling Stone,
6 Feb. 2026
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And, while budgets have improved over the years, there's something weirdly charming about walls that wobble when characters breathe on them.—
Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Peculiarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculiarly. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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