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Recent Examples of weirdness
Add rugged and reliable character actors Nick Offerman (Margo’s Got Money Troubles) and Keith David (The Lowdown), Daniel Radcliffe’s endlessly game Reggie Dinkins weirdness and another season of droll excellence from Abbott Elementary star Tyler James Williams.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
Atlanta wasn’t a horror comedy, at least most of the time, but its stylish weirdness and ability to create its own reality led Dippold to seek Murai out for the series.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 15 June 2026
But statistics fail to convey the humanity of yard sales—the caprice, whimsy, and high spirits, as well as the cunning, weirdness, and heartbreak, that charge and thicken the air when two people agree to perform an off-the-books monetary transaction.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
From a castle built by a Sherlock Holmes actor in Connecticut to lava fields in Idaho that helped train astronauts, these destinations showcase the beauty, ingenuity and delightful weirdness that make the United States unique.
—Staff, USA Today, 8 June 2026
There would have been a weirdness to it.
—Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
What’s evident from the start, though, is the mix of goofiness and genial weirdness that would become her trademark.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Coastal Carolina brings the best bit of tournament weirdness.
—Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 29 May 2026
This latest housing tumult isn’t just some Southern California weirdness.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
Atlanta wasn’t a horror comedy, at least most of the time, but its stylish weirdness and ability to create its own reality led Dippold to seek Murai out for the series.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 15 June 2026
But statistics fail to convey the humanity of yard sales—the caprice, whimsy, and high spirits, as well as the cunning, weirdness, and heartbreak, that charge and thicken the air when two people agree to perform an off-the-books monetary transaction.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
From a castle built by a Sherlock Holmes actor in Connecticut to lava fields in Idaho that helped train astronauts, these destinations showcase the beauty, ingenuity and delightful weirdness that make the United States unique.
—Staff, USA Today, 8 June 2026
There would have been a weirdness to it.
—Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
What’s evident from the start, though, is the mix of goofiness and genial weirdness that would become her trademark.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Coastal Carolina brings the best bit of tournament weirdness.
—Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 29 May 2026
This latest housing tumult isn’t just some Southern California weirdness.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weirdness
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Often, though, the band drops the hauteur to reveal a surprising kind of kookiness.—
Jesse Dorris,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2026
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The friendship between these two witches is the core of this whole story, and the way that Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande perform it is what made the first movie work, despite the all-surrounding kookiness of Wicked.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2025
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However, among the most concerning symptoms were profound abnormalities in blood coagulation, including thrombocytopenia (low platelet count), which place patients at severe risk of internal bleeding and cardiac arrest.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Indeed, signs of breast cancer, for men or women, include a lump in breast tissue, abnormality in the shape of a breast, discharge from the nipple and crusting — all of which should spark the same level of urgency regardless of gender, doctors said.—
David K. Li,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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Moreover, experts should introduce deliberate irrationality to disrupt the model’s predictive path.—
Syed Ahmad,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Viral memes and TikTok trends play up women’s purportedly excessive spike in libido during ovulation and dramatic irrationality during menstruation and the luteal phase (the 14 days or so between ovulation and menstruation).—
Andréa Becker,
The Atlantic,
3 May 2026
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More broadly, this same chain of logic turns the Voting Rights Act into a zombie law, a perversion of its intended purpose that now mostly protects white Americans from any attempts to break their disproportionate control of voting machinery.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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The Fair Districts law is a partisan perversion walking around in a phony non-partisan trenchcoat.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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If the assassination made the President a Christlike figure, his forbearance in the face of a wife’s unreasonableness provides him with an extra measure of purity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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If the assassination made the President a Christlike figure, his forbearance in the face of a wife’s unreasonableness provides him with an extra measure of purity.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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These dimensions, called the Big Five personality traits, include things like extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness, and neuroticism.—
Jamie Friedlander Serrano,
Time,
13 Mar. 2026
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On an album thoroughly steeped in neuroticism and personal dysfunction, that acceptance feels like freedom.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
Pitchfork,
23 Feb. 2026
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That was the best type of ridiculousness that I’ve been involved in.—
Carita Rizzo,
Deadline,
14 June 2026
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Ru’s previous movies, like her blaxploitation parody series Starrbooty, are entertainingly low-budget ridiculousness but not worth paying to see on the big screen.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
12 June 2026
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On June 1, the National Institutes of Health announced that researchers from the University of Florida would begin the first phase of clinical trials on kratom to evaluate it as a potential treatment for opioid addiction.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Authorities say Wednesday night's raid is part of a longer-term plan with more operations expected in the weeks ahead, before a third phase, which will focus on getting people who are struggling with addiction into treatment.—
Amanda Starrantino,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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“Weirdness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weirdness. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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