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Recent Examples of weirdness
Amidst their weirdness is a loving and loyal family completely comfortable in the dark world that is perfectly natural to them.
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Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2025
The story's become one of most iconic tales of the 20th century, one filled to the brim with glorious weirdness, corruption, blood, lust and plenty of song and dance.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
Doechii is fearless in her weirdness Doechii, born Jaylah Ji'mya Hickmon, hails from Tampa, not exactly a hotbed of hip-hop exports.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
This film imbues all of the psychological horror and weirdness of David Lynch’s original Twin Peaks series with a level of graphic horror that likely wouldn’t have flown on ABC.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
Dying to see what weirdness Emma Stone has in store with Bugonia?
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
And Tarrant’s Noa, despite getting more screentime than either of them, is so far more just an amiably clueless straight man for everyone else (but mostly Colette) to project their weirdness onto than a compelling personality of his own.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
The second of the fourth-quarter TDs for Boise State simply added to the night’s weirdness.
—Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 12 Oct. 2025
Special teams and general weirdness.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2025
The story's become one of most iconic tales of the 20th century, one filled to the brim with glorious weirdness, corruption, blood, lust and plenty of song and dance.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
Doechii is fearless in her weirdness Doechii, born Jaylah Ji'mya Hickmon, hails from Tampa, not exactly a hotbed of hip-hop exports.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
This film imbues all of the psychological horror and weirdness of David Lynch’s original Twin Peaks series with a level of graphic horror that likely wouldn’t have flown on ABC.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
Dying to see what weirdness Emma Stone has in store with Bugonia?
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
And Tarrant’s Noa, despite getting more screentime than either of them, is so far more just an amiably clueless straight man for everyone else (but mostly Colette) to project their weirdness onto than a compelling personality of his own.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
The second of the fourth-quarter TDs for Boise State simply added to the night’s weirdness.
—Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 12 Oct. 2025
Special teams and general weirdness.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weirdness
Noun
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Stellantis determined that the software update issued as part of the 2024 recall was not effective in detecting abnormalities that could spark a fire, according to the NHTSA.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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More troubling, however, was that in several cases, these young and healthy males demonstrated EKG abnormalities.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
30 Oct. 2025
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When prompt instructions encouraged models to maximize rewards or hit specific financial goals, irrationality increased.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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This irrationality, which is especially difficult to model, often boils down to computational constraints.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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There’s the younger wife who falls in love with the woman her husband hires for a threesome, then walks off 10 minutes later with a $210m settlement once Nash acquires video evidence of his extensive perversions.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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While the bad clown—a horror staple—might seem like a perversion of a wholesome form of entertainment historically meant for children, the clown in popular culture has always been subversive.—
Time,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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Subjects Prone to Anxiety Opted for Home Workouts Participants scoring high on neuroticism preferred sessions done at home rather than in the lab, where they were being monitored.—
Alyssa Ages,
Outside,
30 Sep. 2025
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Younger adults in particular are less conscientious, agreeable, extroverted and open to new experiences than past generations, while neuroticism — marked by anxiety and emotional instability — is rising.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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And while the film’s metaphor seems to indicate that Jesse’s burgeoning sexuality is something to fear, the ridiculousness of the dialogue and Patton’s shrieking performance make this a perverse camp classic.—
Samantha Allen,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
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But that inanity, that ridiculousness is embedded in the story.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Many of these arrestees have long histories of addiction and significant health and mental health challenges.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Other solicitations came out months behind schedule, leaving groups with a few weeks to put together complicated applications for multimillion-dollar awards , including for Alzheimer's care, addiction recovery, senior support and chronic disease management.—
Amy Maxmen,
ABC News,
5 Nov. 2025
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But the nation's approximately 232 million people are split near evenly between Muslims and Christians, with smaller percentages following other practices, including indigenous beliefs.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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This practice had its own history, another tributary to the overshoot conjuncture that weighed heavily on its future course.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Packed practical tutorials, tool tips and ideas drawing from Hanna’s experience the paperback teaches sewers of all levels a range of genius jean repair, repurpose and restyling skills.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Nov. 2025
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Watson’s life story also has been warped by the myth of the lone genius, or in the case of Watson and Crick, the lone geniuses.—
Kathryn Paige Harden,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Weirdness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weirdness. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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