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Recent Examples of unusually
Miami-Dade’s sheriff secured an extra $31 million from the county’s mayor late Thursday, ending one of the biggest battles in an unusually contentious summer budget season.
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Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
Layoffs have made some headlines, but the total number of people filing for unemployment insurance is unusually low.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
But the morning attack at Minneapolis’ Annunciation Church seemed to plumb unusually heinous depths of cruelty, even as crimes driven by religious bias continue to rise.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
The guest bathroom’s double vanity is somewhat unusually open to the corridor outside the bedrooms; the shower and w/c are enclosed.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2025
More unusually hot temperatures could be on the way, according to one forecast model.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Instead of the familiar pulsing heartbeat of a typical pulsar, this source emitted a steady radio signal, unusually compact and highly polarized.
—New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2025
Denver Health serves an unusually high number of people covered by Medicaid.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
The Quineys are unusually well represented in the records.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 28 Aug. 2025
Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
Layoffs have made some headlines, but the total number of people filing for unemployment insurance is unusually low.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
But the morning attack at Minneapolis’ Annunciation Church seemed to plumb unusually heinous depths of cruelty, even as crimes driven by religious bias continue to rise.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
The guest bathroom’s double vanity is somewhat unusually open to the corridor outside the bedrooms; the shower and w/c are enclosed.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2025
More unusually hot temperatures could be on the way, according to one forecast model.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Instead of the familiar pulsing heartbeat of a typical pulsar, this source emitted a steady radio signal, unusually compact and highly polarized.
—New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2025
Denver Health serves an unusually high number of people covered by Medicaid.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
The Quineys are unusually well represented in the records.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unusually
uncommonly
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The director said that watching Clooney perform this part left him uncommonly emotional on set.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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Its political agnosticism is seen, uncommonly, as a merit for loftier aims.—
Chris R. Morgan,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Unusually.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unusually. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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