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Recent Examples of weirdness
The celebrated documentarian started making documentaries that captured the weirdness and wonder of everyday life in the mid 1960s and did not stop until 2023.
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Chloe Veltman, NPR, 16 Feb. 2026
Season 1, among Amazon Prime Video’s biggest hits according to the streamer, injected the genre with weirdness.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
The cumulative effect is disarming—a seemingly impossible world is rendered with a clear, matter-of-fact weirdness.
—Shannon Taggart, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Michael Cox’s review of the 1998 World Cup — France, Zinedine Zidane, the weirdness around Brazilian Ronaldo — is another superb piece of nostalgia.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Once the film slowly starts to dip into psychological-warfare territory, the music begins to mirror the sheer weirdness and mental unraveling happening onscreen.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2026
Some storylines are meant to be poignant but are overwhelmed by the weirdness or feel exploitative, or the characters aren't dimensional enough to move you.
—Robert Lloyd, Houston Chronicle, 21 Jan. 2026
Some storylines are meant to be poignant but are overwhelmed by the weirdness or feel exploitative, or the characters aren’t dimensional enough to move you.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Once upon a time, human beings in that culture thought that the way someone’s life would turn out was unseverable from the fundamental weirdness of being alive.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
Chloe Veltman, NPR, 16 Feb. 2026
Season 1, among Amazon Prime Video’s biggest hits according to the streamer, injected the genre with weirdness.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
The cumulative effect is disarming—a seemingly impossible world is rendered with a clear, matter-of-fact weirdness.
—Shannon Taggart, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Michael Cox’s review of the 1998 World Cup — France, Zinedine Zidane, the weirdness around Brazilian Ronaldo — is another superb piece of nostalgia.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Once the film slowly starts to dip into psychological-warfare territory, the music begins to mirror the sheer weirdness and mental unraveling happening onscreen.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2026
Some storylines are meant to be poignant but are overwhelmed by the weirdness or feel exploitative, or the characters aren't dimensional enough to move you.
—Robert Lloyd, Houston Chronicle, 21 Jan. 2026
Some storylines are meant to be poignant but are overwhelmed by the weirdness or feel exploitative, or the characters aren’t dimensional enough to move you.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Once upon a time, human beings in that culture thought that the way someone’s life would turn out was unseverable from the fundamental weirdness of being alive.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weirdness
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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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The scan revealed severe inflammation of his spinal cord and abnormalities consistent with transverse myelitis of the medulla and brain stem, Wilson says.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Feb. 2026
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If ingested in large enough quantities, this plant also can cause heart rhythm abnormalities, seizures and death.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
12 Feb. 2026
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In such conditions, apparent irrationality can invite probing, hedging or reciprocal escalation.—
Andrew Latham,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
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Such irrationality proofs have been rare — and at times, according to longtime Quanta contributor Erica Klarreich, dramatic.—
Jordana Cepelewicz,
Quanta Magazine,
18 Dec. 2025
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This garish cavalcade of perversions, which just premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, should have been shocking and transgressive; the pieces are certainly there.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
15 Feb. 2026
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Under the many chaotic, hypocritical perversions of the Trump administration, this is now topsy-turvy, with masked ICE agents — federal law enforcement — terrorizing and killing our citizens.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 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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But psychological traits such as neuroticism, low self-esteem, anxiety and depression also increase risk.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Watching midsize creators’ honest try-on hauls feels like being in a dressing room with a best friend, laughing over the ridiculousness of needing to do squats to see if jeans have enough give to accommodate your belly and thighs.—
Petra Guglielmetti,
Glamour,
20 Feb. 2026
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And almost the ridiculousness of the moment.—
Samantha Highfill,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Feb. 2026
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He also was suspected in a nearby burglary in Burley to fund his addiction in the weeks before Whitney Murphy’s death, as well as another years later at a home in Eugene, Oregon, in 2021, the defense said.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Feb. 2026
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Her 11-year-old daughter Selena died by suicide in 2021 after struggling with an alleged addiction to Instagram and Snapchat.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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But most leading proprietary AI model providers including Anthropic explicitly ban such practices.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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In October, following the bankruptcies of Tricolor and First Brands, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan, pointed to signs that corporate lending practices had grown too lax over the past decade .—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Weirdness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weirdness. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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