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Recent Examples of strangely
The moons range from planet-size Titan to smaller oddities, some of which are strangely shaped like potatoes or ravioli.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
But campuses across the country—places where, just two years ago, students occupied buildings and colonized the quad to protest Israel’s war against Hamas—are strangely silent.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes strangely heartbreaking, this immersive storytelling experience is Edgar Allan Poe for the modern age; a heart-to-bleeding-heart with madmen, murderers and monsters all dying to tell their story.
—William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
With his son out of work, Gregor’s father, previously inert, gets a job and becomes strangely vivacious.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
These unprecedented developments deserve attention at any time, but arguably especially at the present, strangely uncertain time in history.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Rusting agricultural equipment and decaying barns gave the sci-fi story an eerie texture that’s strangely suited to a movie theater in a trailer.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
In the open ocean, there are few landmarks to verify a ship’s position if GPS behaves strangely.
—Anna Raymaker, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
There’s something about the architectural scale of Los Angeles Chinatown that has always struck me as somewhere between convincingly authentic and strangely artificial.
—Xuan Juliana Wang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
But campuses across the country—places where, just two years ago, students occupied buildings and colonized the quad to protest Israel’s war against Hamas—are strangely silent.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes strangely heartbreaking, this immersive storytelling experience is Edgar Allan Poe for the modern age; a heart-to-bleeding-heart with madmen, murderers and monsters all dying to tell their story.
—William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
With his son out of work, Gregor’s father, previously inert, gets a job and becomes strangely vivacious.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
These unprecedented developments deserve attention at any time, but arguably especially at the present, strangely uncertain time in history.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Rusting agricultural equipment and decaying barns gave the sci-fi story an eerie texture that’s strangely suited to a movie theater in a trailer.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
In the open ocean, there are few landmarks to verify a ship’s position if GPS behaves strangely.
—Anna Raymaker, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
There’s something about the architectural scale of Los Angeles Chinatown that has always struck me as somewhere between convincingly authentic and strangely artificial.
—Xuan Juliana Wang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strangely
Adverb
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Some found humor—or even satisfaction—in the oddly precise fit.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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The plots are bizarre—and often oddly racist, homophobic, transphobic, or misogynist.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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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.—
Amanda Peet,
New Yorker,
21 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
Adverb
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Those weirdly addictive Planters PB Crisps?—
Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2026
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Shopping for tech is weirdly all or nothing.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Officials say the snowpack peaked unusually early this year, in late February.—
Brady Halbleib,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Biennials make this metabolism unusually visible.—
Manuela Moscoso,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Strangely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strangely. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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