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Recent Examples of weirdly
Lies feeling personally victimized yet weirdly tempted to rewatch the mess all over again!
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
Manchester City backup goalkeeper Stefan Ortega has left for Nottingham Forest, a sale worth a weirdly nominal £500,000 (that would hardly pay Erling Haaland for a week).
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
Roxana’s key role in the season, weirdly, is that moment.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026
By the time Melania arrives at the Inaugural festivities, the film has given itself over to a series of rituals (the candlelight dinner, the Inaugural itself, the luncheon, the Starlight Ball), which feels weirdly fitting since the filmmaking itself is so ritualized.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
Manchester City backup goalkeeper Stefan Ortega has left for Nottingham Forest, a sale worth a weirdly nominal £500,000 (that would hardly pay Erling Haaland for a week).
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
Roxana’s key role in the season, weirdly, is that moment.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026
By the time Melania arrives at the Inaugural festivities, the film has given itself over to a series of rituals (the candlelight dinner, the Inaugural itself, the luncheon, the Starlight Ball), which feels weirdly fitting since the filmmaking itself is so ritualized.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weirdly
Adverb
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But strangely, the 28-year-old confesses the transition was relatively smooth.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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His Mediterranean roots fuel a perpetual chase for sunshine, while his creative sweet spot strangely hits mid-journey rather than at destination.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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But oddly also speaking was Dwyane Wade, who played for Riley in Miami but was never a Laker.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Evan graduated from Georgia State University, but oddly is a Georgia fan.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Facing a peculiarly hostile administration in Washington, Pretoria has ample reason to pursue greater intra-BRICS cooperation—not out of ideological affinity with its members but out of the strategic necessity to protect itself against an erratic and punitive United States.—
OLIVER STUENKEL,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Nov. 2025
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In the early twentieth century, Einstein formulated equations for the peculiarly relative flow of time, now an indispensable part of the workings of all GPS systems.—
Alan Lightman
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Paramount, unusually, had moved on regulatory approvals without a deal in hand so there is nothing, in fact, to close on.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
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One afternoon in 2024, when her session in court had ended unusually early, Gisèle Pelicot went to the Leclerc supermarket in Carpentras, a picturesque town in Provence.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Weirdly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weirdly. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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