as in strange
not known or experienced before
ordered an unfamiliar wine and was surprised to find that it was much drier than what they were used to
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Recent Examples of unfamiliar
But this time, everything felt unfamiliar.
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Junnelle Hogen, Outside, 19 Oct. 2025
While searching the area around the monastery, researchers climbed some rock formations and found dozens of unfamiliar-looking millipedes with colorful legs, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Offers Viewers Practical Tools For some families, discussing mental health with kids or parents might be unfamiliar territory.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 17 Oct. 2025
An unfamiliar lightness of being descended.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
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Junnelle Hogen, Outside, 19 Oct. 2025
While searching the area around the monastery, researchers climbed some rock formations and found dozens of unfamiliar-looking millipedes with colorful legs, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Offers Viewers Practical Tools For some families, discussing mental health with kids or parents might be unfamiliar territory.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 17 Oct. 2025
An unfamiliar lightness of being descended.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfamiliar
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Silver Bullet The idea of league partners doing journalism is always a strange subject.—
Andrew Marchand,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Years later, now a lawyer, Andi wins a radio contest where the host, Jake (Romaine Waite), turns the story of the sleigh bell and stranger into a segment, as listeners help track down her mystery man before Christmas.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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After being integrated, this system will demonstrate its capabilities in live-fire tests – advancing the Department of War’s effort to evaluate and accelerate new, cost-effective strike capabilities for conventional deterrence.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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Fifth Third Bank is also looking to open a new branch on Golden Bear Gateway near Costco in December, O'Meara said.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
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The novel series is about a father and daughter trying to reconcile at the end of the world.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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Toppling Brazil’s tariffs, currently at 50%, is novel to the Senate but has support from GOP co-sponsors Paul, Collins, and Murkowski.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Oct. 2025
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After three seasons of winning most weeks, the chances of going full pelt once again were slim, even after a summer that saw an unprecedented £33million ($44m) spent on new signings.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Although such recommendations take time to trickle into state regulations, a number of them appeared in a building code that California enacted in 2008, Chapter 7A, which set unprecedented standards for new houses in the most fire-prone areas.—
Ingfei Chen,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
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Loloi Magnolia Home by Joanna Gaines Area Rug Looking for a low-lift way to make a space feel fresh for fall?—
Averi Baudler,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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The hoisin sauce adds glossy sweetness and umami depth, while fresh ginger brightens things up.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
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While the show has since been rebooted to include the original cast's spouses and children, Polizzi said a lot of people refuse to see her as anything other than an early 2000s-era party girl.—
Hadley Hitson,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
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The series sticks with the timeline of Muschietti's movies rather than King's book, meaning the original Losers Club encounter with It takes place in 1989 rather than 1958, and the final battle in 2016 rather than 1985.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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Much about the new species’ lifestyle and behavior remains unknown.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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Julia Wolf went from a relatively unknown artist to notching a Drake collaboration seemingly overnight.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Unfamiliar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfamiliar. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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