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Recent Examples of peculiarly
This peculiarly stubborn barrier to the franchise held strong until Puerto Rican citizens took it to court, finally succeeding 60 years ago today, June 13, 1966.
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Robert Polner, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
But his mouth was open and drooped peculiarly to one side, and his skin was sucked into his skeleton like a vacuum storage bag.
—Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
One mystery that the observations confirmed but unfortunately did not solve concerns Uranus’s peculiarly plummeting temperature.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
Robert Polner, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
But his mouth was open and drooped peculiarly to one side, and his skin was sucked into his skeleton like a vacuum storage bag.
—Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
One mystery that the observations confirmed but unfortunately did not solve concerns Uranus’s peculiarly plummeting temperature.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2026
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.
—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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Work, routines and private emotions could feel strangely entangled, especially if someone’s behavior is living rent-free in your mind.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
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As the Argentines moved forward again, Messi was strangely unmarked at the edge of the box.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
Adverb
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Marine welders handle massive, oddly shaped, and heavy components such as deepwater jacket strengthening rings and module nodes.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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The Jets oddly didn’t get parade for their 1969 Super Bowl win and neither did the Giants for winning the big game in 1987 and 1991.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2026
Adverb
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Richards-Slavik said the acreage stays unusually green for foothill country and is dotted with mature oaks.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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The unusually long list of uncontested races highlights the increasingly safe nature of many legislative districts in South Florida.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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Today, a new and extraordinarily powerful institution has emerged.—
Joseph Andrew,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Even so, the task remained extraordinarily difficult.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
Adverb
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Mammals are weirdly easy to get right.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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Some particularly outrageous one-liners about race snuck into the film’s final cut, although much of its dicier material comes off as weirdly effortful instead of provocative or reckless.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
4 June 2026
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“Peculiarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculiarly. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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