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Recent Examples of strangeness
Perfectly a strangeness premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
To compound the strangeness of the disorder, THC and other cannabinoids in the marijuana plant have been used for pain relief — paradoxically relieving nausea and vomiting in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
The group has often gotten its kicks from bowling listeners over with the vastness and strangeness of its requisite parts; this wily two-drummer situation can take the shape of a majestic rock band or a coterie of techno-organic aliens.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
This approach reduces the perceptual gap between humans and robots and minimizes the sense of strangeness that typically accompanies humanoids.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
To compound the strangeness of the disorder, THC and other cannabinoids in the marijuana plant have been used for pain relief — paradoxically relieving nausea and vomiting in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
The group has often gotten its kicks from bowling listeners over with the vastness and strangeness of its requisite parts; this wily two-drummer situation can take the shape of a majestic rock band or a coterie of techno-organic aliens.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
This approach reduces the perceptual gap between humans and robots and minimizes the sense of strangeness that typically accompanies humanoids.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strangeness
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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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Michael Cox’s review of the 1998 World Cup — France, Zinedine Zidane, the weirdness around Brazilian Ronaldo — is another superb piece of nostalgia.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Once the film slowly starts to dip into psychological-warfare territory, the music begins to mirror the sheer weirdness and mental unraveling happening onscreen.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 Jan. 2026
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In revisiting her decade-defining style, certain looks continue to rise to the surface, not for their drama, but for their discipline and uniqueness.—
Julia Rabinowitsch,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2026
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Instead, Yoshida suggests subtle additions, such as floral arrangements and pillows, to bring in that comfort element and uniqueness.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Jan. 2026
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Asked about Zhang at a regular briefing of reporters in Beijing, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson cited unfamiliarity with the matter.—
Janis Mackey Frayer,
NBC news,
26 Jan. 2026
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But there’s also a bit of unfamiliarity, as Peterson said he’s never dealt with cramping that has lingered this long before.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
14 Jan. 2026
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Tracking the beginning of their secret relationship through Thorpe’s 1979 trial, A Very English Scandal is a stellar lesson in how to use the miniseries format to tease out the bizarre peculiarities of real-life drama.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Jan. 2026
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The peculiarity was simply too much to overlook.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2026
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As that region collapsed, quantum effects prevented a final singularity, causing spacetime to rebound and expand again.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Jan. 2026
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Córdoba and his collaborator, Luis Martínez-Zoroa of CUNEF University in Spain, have used pencil-and-paper techniques to discover stable singularities in a handful of different fluid setups.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Jan. 2026
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As to the non-final action, one problem for the A’s is that the marks fail to show enough distinctiveness.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Judean culture had been transformed by Greek influence for centuries, but Antiochus attempted to quash Judean religious distinctiveness altogether.—
Joshua Shanes,
The Conversation,
11 Dec. 2025
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Scientists continue to attempt to take snapshots of this primordial soup to understand the characteristics of quark-gluon plasma.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Rho-alpha differentiates itself through three characteristics.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Strangeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strangeness. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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