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Recent Examples of oddly
The longevity-industrial complex tends to frame this question in oddly specific ways.
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Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
In Taiwan, a student sitting for an entrance exam for a top medical school was discovered wearing smart glasses after proctors noticed the student staring oddly at the test, leading to an inspection that revealed the frame was emitting heat.
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John Liu,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
And, oddly, AntiTrack supports Chrome, Edge, and Firefox (but not Opera).
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Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
24 June 2026
Marie also eliminated the oddly situated laundry from between the bathroom and living area and turned it into a chic open workstation.
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Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar,
Architectural Digest,
23 June 2026
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Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
In Taiwan, a student sitting for an entrance exam for a top medical school was discovered wearing smart glasses after proctors noticed the student staring oddly at the test, leading to an inspection that revealed the frame was emitting heat.
—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
And, oddly, AntiTrack supports Chrome, Edge, and Firefox (but not Opera).
—
Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
24 June 2026
Marie also eliminated the oddly situated laundry from between the bathroom and living area and turned it into a chic open workstation.
—
Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar,
Architectural Digest,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddly
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Commissioned by Mattel as a blatant weekly half-hour commercial for its popular toy line, the show pits He-Man and his heroic chums against the evil (but strangely inept) Skeletor in a battle for control of Castle Grayskull.
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Court documents say witnesses noticed Lopez acting strangely before the attack.
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This peculiarly stubborn barrier to the franchise held strong until Puerto Rican citizens took it to court, finally succeeding 60 years ago today, June 13, 1966.
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But his mouth was open and drooped peculiarly to one side, and his skin was sucked into his skeleton like a vacuum storage bag.
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And what better way to get used to the pressure that comes with playing for the Leafs than by tackling one of the most weirdly high-pressure scenarios in all of sports?
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But Janicza, weirdly, talks about it all the time.
Adverb
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The Tetra, from Analog Machine Works, features an unusually long tubular space frame with a pair of opposite-facing tetrahedrons in its interconnected structure.
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By Wednesday evening, senior White House officials had decided to actively support the effort to contest the suspension, which many soccer analysts viewed as an unusually harsh punishment.
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“Oddly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddly. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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