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Recent Examples of strangely
There’s something about the architectural scale of Los Angeles Chinatown that has always struck me as somewhere between convincingly authentic and strangely artificial.
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Xuan Juliana Wang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
And the title track features what sounds like a bouzouki riff, although it is let down by strangely disposable lyrics on what might be the least enigmatic song Morrissey has ever sung.
—Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
Despite his contemporary fellow Scotsman James Watt inventing the steam engine the same year that The Wealth of Nations was published, Smith was strangely oblivious as to the coming Industrial Revolution, as there was nothing yet automated in this pin factory.
—Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
Shot in black and white and filled with images of collapse, Below the Clouds is nevertheless a strangely hopeful work.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
But strangely, also, the opposite is true.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2026
The play concerns an average guy named Berenger (a character name that Ionesco used in other works, and who seems to share some background details with the playwright) who sees the people around him acting strangely and spouting odd sentiments.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
However, the tour was brief, overly lit, and strangely unmagical.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026
The night before, Nick Reiner -- who had been living on his parents' property -- got into an argument with Rob Reiner at a holiday party and was seen acting strangely, sources told ABC News.
—Alex Stone, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Xuan Juliana Wang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
And the title track features what sounds like a bouzouki riff, although it is let down by strangely disposable lyrics on what might be the least enigmatic song Morrissey has ever sung.
—Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
Despite his contemporary fellow Scotsman James Watt inventing the steam engine the same year that The Wealth of Nations was published, Smith was strangely oblivious as to the coming Industrial Revolution, as there was nothing yet automated in this pin factory.
—Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
Shot in black and white and filled with images of collapse, Below the Clouds is nevertheless a strangely hopeful work.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
But strangely, also, the opposite is true.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2026
The play concerns an average guy named Berenger (a character name that Ionesco used in other works, and who seems to share some background details with the playwright) who sees the people around him acting strangely and spouting odd sentiments.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
However, the tour was brief, overly lit, and strangely unmagical.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026
The night before, Nick Reiner -- who had been living on his parents' property -- got into an argument with Rob Reiner at a holiday party and was seen acting strangely, sources told ABC News.
—Alex Stone, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strangely
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Her Oscar win for Weapons — playing what has been described as the terrifying, yet oddly charming witch Aunt Gladys — caps a career that spans decades.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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Madigan, who won for her role as the terrifying yet oddly charming witch Aunt Gladys in the 2025 film Weapons, has been married to fellow actor Ed Harris since 1983.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2026
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One mystery that the observations confirmed but unfortunately did not solve concerns Uranus’s peculiarly plummeting temperature.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
24 Feb. 2026
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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
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The filmmaker, known for marrying smart social commentary with weirdly believable magical realism, appears to be doubling down on what’s working for him.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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In a weirdly serendipitous bit of cinema news, Billie Eilish—queen of melancholy pop—is turning her sad eyes to Sylvia Plath.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
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Attacks on Gulf states continued Friday with Saudi Arabia's defense ministry saying its air defenses downed more than three dozen drones headed toward the kingdom's Eastern Province over the span of a few hours, marking an unusually large barrage.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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My younger daughter, who was at a friend’s house when this all went down, had an unusually hard time going to bed.—
Nicole Frehsee Mazur,
Rolling Stone,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Strangely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strangely. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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