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as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
that was a seriously spaced-out movie about an alternate reality
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as in bewildered
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suffering from mental confusion
a spaced-out representative from customer service who knew less than we did
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as in ripped
or spaced
being under the influence of a recreational drug
the mindless ramblings of a spaced-out, over-the-hill hippie
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Recent Examples of spaced-out
Listen to this article Loading your audio article CHICAGO — Is the NBA too fast, too spaced-out and too much to handle for Purdue’s big man Zach Edey?
NBA players and coaches say no — but agree the 7-foot-4 Edey has his work cut out for him.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2024
But these are some of our favorite unfamiliar, unsettling, provocative, transgressive, spaced-out, psychedelic, surreal, meditative, confrontational, and, sure, difficult albums of the year.
—Pitchfork, 14 Dec. 2023
Its long, sturdy, evenly spaced spikes can penetrate even really thick hair, and its handle is easy to grip for customizable pressure.
—Susan Brickell, Health, 12 Apr. 2023
The Bradley features an aluminum hull with spaced composite armor.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Jan. 2023
The early machine-learning work at Duolingo tackled fairly simple problems, like how often to return to a particular vocabulary word or concept (which drew on educational research on spaced repetition).
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2023
Antique Indian has table service for lunch and dinner, seating 72 in the dining room at spaced tables.
—Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spaced-out
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The movie, based on the video game of the same name, centers around four misfits who are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination.—
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But their work didn’t rule out the possibility of bizarre algorithms that could somehow use the same piece of memory for storage and calculations simultaneously—the computing equivalent of using a page filled with important notes as scratch paper.—
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But the on-again, off-again nature of the process has resulted in a bewildered industry that has adopted a wait and see approach to investment decisions and supply chain alterations.—
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Old Trafford was where distraught, bewildered fans felt physically compelled to go to express their grief.—
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Hal and Whitney would sit around the living room on the ripped couch and talk about sailing the world.—
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Luckily, Frank Grillo plays a ripped scientist who is close to a cure, but also has to worry about keeping his family safe during yet another supermoon.—
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Republicans should also get over their strange allergy to cutting the capital gains tax.—
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Based on the wildly popular video game, the fantasy comedy film (now in theaters) is a deeply strange fever dream that also gets a few genuine laughs.—
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While older teens might appreciate its message about family and independence, younger kids will likely be more confused than entertained.—
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Sea lions and dolphins have been observed rigid with seizures, acting dazed and confused.—
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Monday's highest risk of tornadoes covered an area from southern Alabama into Virginia, Weather.com said.—
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One such incident included a Delta Air Lines jet that took off from Minneapolis and flipped over while trying to land amid high winds in Toronto.—
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So there’s always these really erratic twists and turns.—
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Lawsuits and interviews The Times conducted with nearly a dozen individuals with knowledge of the academy provide a fresh glimpse into the extraordinary dysfunction inside Donda and the erratic behavior of its controversial founder.—
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Case in point: his goal for Portugal Under-17s against Morocco in September 2023, a ludicrous solo effort that left a trail of dazed defenders scratching their heads and wondering what the hell had just happened.—
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Sea lions and dolphins have been observed rigid with seizures, acting dazed and confused.—
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“Spaced-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spaced-out. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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