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as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
always has a somewhat weird opinion of what's happening in the news
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as in eerie
fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic
weird sounds from the woods just beyond our campsite
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as in magical
having seemingly supernatural qualities or powers
a self-styled, contemporary witch, she sells herbal mixtures that she claims are weird potions
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as in unusual
noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced
a weird little plant that we found growing in the garden
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Recent Examples of weird
His inept Cabinet ignores, and actually encourages, his very weird and embarrassing meandering.
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Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Kurstin makes things smoother, shinier, and less weird than Fly Lo might — not necessarily a bad thing.
—Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
Brian Williams was the first person to send me that, so that was kind of weird.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
Okay; there’s a very weird future-of-work moment where everybody was, like, a future-of-work thought leader in 2022.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
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Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Kurstin makes things smoother, shinier, and less weird than Fly Lo might — not necessarily a bad thing.
—Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
Brian Williams was the first person to send me that, so that was kind of weird.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
Okay; there’s a very weird future-of-work moment where everybody was, like, a future-of-work thought leader in 2022.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weird
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The troubled production resulted in a bizarre cyberpunk schlock-flick that felt far removed from what most fans understood Mario to be.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2026
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Since the border is not straight but snakes along old county lines, some of the journey was bizarre.—
Colm Tóibín,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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But as the game began to wind down, there was only that familiar, eerie silence that settles over a football stadium as the UConn men, who have become a sort of grim reaper at these Final Fours, ran out the clock.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
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The onboard computer, voiced with eerie calm by Douglas Rain, manages the Discovery One mission to Jupiter.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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And we’re all left a little breathless, looking around at each other, as though something magical has occurred.—
Amy Silverberg,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Between airline meals, charming flight attendants (played by Ella Bleu and Olga Hoffmann), unexpected stopovers, larger-than-life passengers, and a thrilling glimpse at first class, the journey unfolds in moments both magical and unexpected, charting the course for the boy's future.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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Wen says that such unusual shapes could be useful in making a lab-on-a-chip for cell biology or drug development.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Apr. 2026
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At 516 feet in width, the unusual structure is roughly 22,000 times smaller than the actual Moon, which with a diameter of 2,159 miles could roughly fit the contiguous United States across one of its halves from east to west.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
9 Apr. 2026
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Stars wield power in professional sports, and that power can lead to some strange requests of their employers.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Pocahontas will arrive with her very own Yehakin and help unravel the mystery behind a strange phenomenon affecting the Moon and the tides around the Valley.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
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An echo of these matches lies in Human Mask (2014), a haunting video work by Pierre Huyghe, set in Fukushima after the destruction wrought by the tsunami and then the breakdown of the nuclear reactor.—
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei,
ARTnews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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The final scene is haunting, even to me, someone who has known Hood for years now.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2026
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Now, though, with the widespread circulation of magic manuals, grimoires, and related compendia—with the recording, on paper, of words, spells, histories, stories—witchcraft has taken an irreversible step into the exoteric realm.—
Kristen Roupenian,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The Avs, by winning this game in regulation, reduced their magic number to win the Central Division and the top seed in the Western Conference to two points earned or two lost by the Stars.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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Levy arcs his character’s growing exasperation in a way that’s funny, if somewhat limited.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Apr. 2026
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Deborah and Ava get to develop while their process, for the most part, remains the same — and remains funny.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Weird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weird. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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