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Recent Examples of strangeness
In her new novel, the author captures the strangeness of ordinary life for the chronically ill.
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Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2025
Throughout the story, which shifts from Atlanta to Norway and back, the author also slips in slivers of strangeness, such as Aud listening to the music of Diamanda Galás on the way to an appointment.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
For a straight dose of strangeness, here's a video of Thomas performing his signature song on The Ed Sullivan Show.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025
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.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
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Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2025
Throughout the story, which shifts from Atlanta to Norway and back, the author also slips in slivers of strangeness, such as Aud listening to the music of Diamanda Galás on the way to an appointment.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
For a straight dose of strangeness, here's a video of Thomas performing his signature song on The Ed Sullivan Show.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025
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.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Sep. 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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Amidst their weirdness is a loving and loyal family completely comfortable in the dark world that is perfectly natural to them.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Oct. 2025
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The story's become one of most iconic tales of the 20th century, one filled to the brim with glorious weirdness, corruption, blood, lust and plenty of song and dance.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Oct. 2025
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His uniqueness is evident across the stories that Isaacson collected.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Nov. 2025
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The uniqueness of that Theo Von, honey, from Louisiana.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
3 Nov. 2025
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Maheu says that, of course, some people have also had broader issues with their decision to coparent as a group — some of it borne from unfamiliarity.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Most of them declined to comment on Platner’s past, expressing unfamiliarity with the details of what’s become one of the hottest political stories in the country.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And as the play proceeds, those characters commit, ever more intensely, to their peculiarities.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Nov. 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
Noun
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All About Eve impacted so many, both inside and outside of the business, for its singularity in the moment it was released.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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This is why, for most of the 20th century — until the 1980s — people assumed that the hot Big Bang implied a singularity at the beginning.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In the 1960s, Canadians hungered for public intellectuals pontificating on the distinctiveness of their identity.—
Dónal Gill,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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There’s no spark of distinctiveness in any of these characters.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Published in Aerospace Science and Technology, the study describes that the Accurate prediction of aerodynamic drag characteristics across a wide range of wing-body configurations is crucial in the early design stages of transonic commercial transport aircraft.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Customers see a different look, feel, color, drape and other characteristics of an apparel product.—
Raj Dhiman,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Strangeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strangeness. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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