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Recent Examples of screwy In Election Betting Markets After First Presidential Debate Sometimes the data on a particular report look screwy. Bill Conerly, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024 The facts surrounding Perry’s demise are screwy from the start, with each new revelation just adding to the whole dreadful unreal only-in-Hollywood-maybe tilt and swerve. Erik Hedegaard, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2024 Besides that behavior, the thread is full of all sorts of reports of Google's VPN program getting screwy with the Windows DNS settings. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024 People who worked with psychedelics seem to have been especially adroit at projecting authoritative normality while conducting some very screwy and sometimes quite sinister business behind the scenes. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for screwy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screwy
Adjective
  • This bizarre tale about being picked up by bounty hunters, taken to an unmarked warehouse without access to food, water or an attorney were clearly fabricated.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
  • Alicia Hannah-Kim is breaking her silence after a bizarre incident with Cobra Kai costar Martin Kove earlier this month resulted in him being removed from a fan event for biting her.
    Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Rockies’ next head of baseball operations needs to come from outside their weird little world, but possess a feel for the challenges of building a winner at Coors Field.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 8 July 2025
  • Despite not being a purveyor of nail products, Selena Gomez has established herself as something of a finger chameleon (Too weird?
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • Ali spends a good chunk of time confused by the strange words whirling around him.
    Christopher J. Yates July 9, Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
  • Nevertheless, the combination of strange email address and unrecognizable link address is a very strong indicator that this email is fake and should be binned.
    Barry Collins, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • Well its funny to say this to Forbes — but the fashion system is financially small but culturally a very potent front of western supremacy.
    Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • Make funny faces, play peek-a-boo, take them for a walk around the neighborhood.
    Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 7 July 2025
Adjective
  • The odd creature turned out to be a new species of dragon millipede, according to a study published June 25 in the journal Invertebrate Systematics.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
  • Juve haven’t looked genuine title contenders in Italy for half a decade, and the current side is a mismatch of talented youth and odd signings.
    Emmet Gates, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • The plane made erratic maneuvers and several mayday calls before disappearing, the report said.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 9 July 2025
  • China’s export growth has shown some resilience in recent months, even as the erratic U.S. tariff policies disrupted global trade.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • These are only a couple of examples of the peculiar situation that many people have found themselves in across the country.
    Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 9 July 2025
  • All defenses are determined by state law (with the exception of a loan made by a bank that is later taken over by the FDIC), and of course the various states have their own peculiar defenses to personal guarantees.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • Sometimes leaders aren’t curious enough to ask what people really want.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
  • At least in part, Bernheim's programs are meant to put visitors in a more curious and creative state ― one that many young visitors already inhabit full-time.
    Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2025

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“Screwy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screwy. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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