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Adverb
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The Chiefs — abruptly and strangely — have lost their ability to win one-score games after going 12-0 in those contests during the 2024 season.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025 -
Yet, strangely and dismayingly, because military and governmental trappings are so familiar from other movies and thus easily borrowed by this one, Lockjaw seems more firmly grounded in his political milieu than Pat/Bob and Perfidia do in theirs.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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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
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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
Adverb
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And oddly, the decision made sense to a lot of them.—
NPR,
NPR,
13 Oct. 2025
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Darren Waller caught five passes for 78 yards and one touchdown last week, but oddly wasn’t targeted by Tua Tagovailoa in the second half while the Panthers were making their charge.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The Shiller price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio—calculated by dividing share prices by earnings per share—is used as a long-term gauge of stock market valuations, often employed by investors to spot periods when the market is expensive or unusually cheap.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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The host explained the decision in an unusually brief and straightforward introduction to the episode.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Queerly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queerly. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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