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Recent Examples of strangeness
Like an early Yorgos Lanthimos, the strangeness of the premise does a lot of heavy lifting, but the performers literally bring character to what might easily have been a one-note movie.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
The sentences do not show themselves off, are not self-conscious of their strangeness.
—Book Marks
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
If the self-help cant of the title seems to glitch or stutter, the book’s contents shimmer with the same strangeness.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
While her mother is trying to protect her from social embarrassment, Sasha sees no shame in her brother’s strangeness.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
The sentences do not show themselves off, are not self-conscious of their strangeness.
—Book Marks
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
If the self-help cant of the title seems to glitch or stutter, the book’s contents shimmer with the same strangeness.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
While her mother is trying to protect her from social embarrassment, Sasha sees no shame in her brother’s strangeness.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strangeness
Noun
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Roots are produced from the base of the bulb, but in an odd twist of botanical bizarreness, the roots are produced toward the end of the bloom time.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Sep. 2025
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This film imbues all of the psychological horror and weirdness of David Lynch’s original Twin Peaks series with a level of graphic horror that likely wouldn’t have flown on ABC.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2025
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Dying to see what weirdness Emma Stone has in store with Bugonia?—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Bosco is giving charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and tying the knot.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
20 Oct. 2025
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The menus at Renata's Hearth and McArthur's restaurants added a greater focus on local ingredients, there are new treatments at the Tierra Luna Spa and the hotel's rebranding to an LXR Resorts hotel from the Waldorf-Astoria brand reflects the Biltmore's uniqueness in Phoenix's travel landscape.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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This culture of veneration coexists with a significant unfamiliarity with the document and its implications.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Oct. 2025
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As Palace struggled at times in the face of Sunderland’s defensive shield, Pino was a shining light, but there were signs of the 22-year-old’s rawness and unfamiliarity with the way his new team play.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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This has been Bears-Saints, with enough peculiarity to warrant its own documentary series.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Its complexities and peculiarities are only dimly recalled, if at all, by many readers.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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However, a few unexplained puzzles remained, leading scientists to question whether the most extreme predictions of the Big Bang, including arbitrarily high temperatures and an origin from a singularity, were actually correct.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
14 Oct. 2025
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Brands are expressing their creativity through their singularity, in opposition to several seasons of similarity.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There’s no spark of distinctiveness in any of these characters.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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However, because capital appropriates the powers of living labor to itself, the distinctiveness of the latter is deeply obscured.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Multiple board members cited the ability to make the time commitment and experience in K-12 education as desirable characteristics.—
Edward McKinnon,
Arkansas Online,
16 Oct. 2025
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While Cab Franc’s aromas and flavors vary depending on where it is grown, winemakers and wine lovers alike are captivated by its combination of fruity and savory characteristics.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Strangeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strangeness. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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