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Recent Examples of strangely
The salon itself feels like a nostalgic millennial dreamscape, with a clean, playful aesthetic that’s strangely comforting.
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Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The only rejoinder to that is Sinner has had a strangely fraught time of it at the Slams — relatively speaking — since winning Wimbledon a year ago.
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Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
With England’s subsequent very real campaign at South Korea/Japan ’02 drawing several parallels, the film proved to be strangely prophetic.
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Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
But strangely, his proof didn’t specify how to build it.
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Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
26 June 2026
Work, routines and private emotions could feel strangely entangled, especially if someone’s behavior is living rent-free in your mind.
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Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
As the Argentines moved forward again, Messi was strangely unmarked at the edge of the box.
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Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
For millions of women, these moments become strangely familiar during perimenopause and menopause.
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Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
17 June 2026
Watching it today feels strangely familiar.
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Time,
10 June 2026
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The only rejoinder to that is Sinner has had a strangely fraught time of it at the Slams — relatively speaking — since winning Wimbledon a year ago.
—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
With England’s subsequent very real campaign at South Korea/Japan ’02 drawing several parallels, the film proved to be strangely prophetic.
—
Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
But strangely, his proof didn’t specify how to build it.
—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
26 June 2026
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
As the Argentines moved forward again, Messi was strangely unmarked at the edge of the box.
—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
For millions of women, these moments become strangely familiar during perimenopause and menopause.
—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
17 June 2026
Watching it today feels strangely familiar.
—
Time,
10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strangely
Adverb
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The longevity-industrial complex tends to frame this question in oddly specific ways.
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The start-stop button is also oddly positioned and has a flimsy touch functionality.
Adverb
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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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But his mouth was open and drooped peculiarly to one side, and his skin was sucked into his skeleton like a vacuum storage bag.
Adverb
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But Janicza, weirdly, talks about it all the time.
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The shifter is tiny and weirdly unsatisfying for a car with this much bratty energy.
Adverb
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Persistent fatigue despite adequate sleep, dizziness, breathlessness, brain fog, low mood, brittle nails, hair fall, feeling unusually cold, and changes in skin quality all signal low ferritin levels.
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An unusually dry and hot winter has created dangerously flammable conditions in forests and grasslands across the West.
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“Strangely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strangely. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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