unusually

adverb

as in uncommonly

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Recent Examples of unusually Trump’s campaign to reshape how states run elections Trump has spent months waging an unusually aggressive campaign to reshape how states run elections. — Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026 Such scrutiny has also spotlighted the unusually large income Farage has earned outside his role as an MP. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 On that Independence Day morning, Mars and Uranus will appear unusually close together in the sky. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 3 July 2026 However, by the fourth or fifth time Warsh knocked on her door in hopes of securing an audience during office hours, Rice realized Warsh wasn’t just bright; he was unusually determined—even by elite academia standards. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 July 2026 The Tetra, from Analog Machine Works, features an unusually long tubular space frame with a pair of opposite-facing tetrahedrons in its interconnected structure. — New Atlas, 7 July 2026 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. — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 6 July 2026 Hadid was later photographed heading to Madison Square Garden with Bradley Cooper, making the unusually on-theme name feel considerably less accidental. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 July 2026 The visit underscored the unusually close cooperation between Washington and Caracas following the June 24 earthquakes. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unusually
uncommonly
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  • The view was uncommonly broad, and the city skyline poked out of the eastern sky.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
  • The skilled pivot speaks almost perfect English and is uncommonly engaging to speak with.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 5 June 2026
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