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Recent Examples of peculiarly
So, Orange County in the late 1970s and early 1980s seems a peculiarly unlikely place to have a hardcore punk rock scene.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Aug. 2025
Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peculiarly
Adverb
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Thus, Last Rites tries a new trick, with the doll growing in size and chasing Judy down a hallway, in a sequence that is strangely reminiscent of Five Nights At Freddy's.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The effect is kaleidoscopic yet strangely calm.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The person to consult here, oddly enough, is Karl Marx.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Walker, oddly enough, has failed to protect leads in four of those seven instances, including tonight.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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By adding a new molecule— borrowed from skin care—to their Infiniment Coty Paris fragrance collection, perfumes achieve the unusually long wear time of 30 hours, something none of us or our industry judges have ever seen or smelled before.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Keep those air conditioners humming, because this week is kicking off with some unusually hot weather.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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These stellar fireworks generated extraordinarily powerful galactic winds, first detected in 2019, spanning a whopping 326,200 light-years, propelling gas and dust outward into the galaxy's vast halo of hot gas, known as the circumgalactic medium, or CGM.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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While the chances of winning are extraordinarily low — about 1 in 292 million, according to Powerball — if history is any indication, some states may have more of a propensity to churn out winners than others.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The effect was disastrous, my hair crimped weirdly, with sections shooting out in different directions like the discordant notes of an orchestra tuning up.—
Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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After NewSky+ Max, the climate cascaded again, our weird weather rapidly growing more weirdly weathery.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Peculiarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculiarly. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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