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Recent Examples of way-out Suddenly, after months of sameness, way-out Pluto makes a move, ending its latest retrograde and turning direct! Jennifer Culp, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
  • But upon Bennet’s arrival, things take a turn for the bizarre, when the wealthy tycoon builds himself a prison cell in the basement, in an apparent act of meditative penance that forces Blakey into an inversion of traditional power dynamics.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Tasked with bringing into reality those that are a little further down on the bizarre end of the spectrum, the show’s prosthetics and VFX teams had their work cut out for them.
    Lisa de los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Because something very strange happens here.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Probably not, given the company’s strange hesitance to part ways with its current leadership.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Several commenters expressed their support for him, saying emphatic no’s and doubling down on how funny the skit was.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The show has captured the world’s imagination with its charming, funny, and relatable observations about everyday family life.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Even with Muchová so clearly struggling, Osaka faced some weird jeopardy down the stretch.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Far from being dead, reunions exist now in a zone of distortion, a weird gray area in which many people feel obligated to go without quite knowing why.
    Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • There is an odd statistic connected to Osaka that means everything or nothing.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond the site rise the blocky tops of many-coloured containers, the odd crane.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • James Watkins’s Clayface comes out in 2026 as well as Craig Gillespie’s Supergirl, starring Milly Alcock, who made her peculiar debut in Superman.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This one is admittedly peculiar, but beloved in and around its hometown of Lexington, North Carolina, the epicenter of western-style NC barbecue.
    Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Between February and May, when Dudek’s tenure ended, his erratic rhetoric and decisions routinely made front-page news.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Dyrdhal knew all too well Gooden’s penchant for erratic violence.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The offense leaned heavily on deep routes that never had time to develop, a curious choice against a Browns front led by Myles Garrett.
    Mike Straw, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Towards the middle of the month, Venus and Mars will spice things up in your personal life, which can result in flirtatious exchanges or curious meet-ups that quickly heat up.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Way-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/way-out. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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