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Recent Examples of weirdness
The weirdness was the awareness that time and life just keep going.
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Gwen Faulkenberry, Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
Calgary isn’t the only team that can point to some draft weirdness.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Your identity, your voice, your authenticity, your weirdness, your genius — that is your currency now.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
Dove Ellis stands out among them by finding the right balance between the weirdness of his Windmill peers and a more classicist style of songwriting.
—Hannah Jocelyn, Pitchfork, 19 Dec. 2025
Goggins and MachLachlan are utter delights and Theroux's natural weirdness fits right into the ambiance of the series.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
But groups like Cortis and KiiiKiii have embraced an adventurous sense of musical weirdness, opting for raw energy and slightly messy concepts meant to entice potential fans by giving them something different.
—Jae-Ha Kim, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2025
Amidst their weirdness is a loving and loyal family completely comfortable in the dark world that is perfectly natural to them.
—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
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.—
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Two regional electric power companies said no abnormalities have been detected.—
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Pathologists will perform a necropsy on the mountain lions to check for abnormalities and neurological diseases like rabies and avian influenza.—
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Such irrationality proofs have been rare — and at times, according to longtime Quanta contributor Erica Klarreich, dramatic.—
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When prompt instructions encouraged models to maximize rewards or hit specific financial goals, irrationality increased.—
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Those who place responsibility on individuals and employers saw the ACA as perversion of the government’s purpose.—
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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.—
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But psychological traits such as neuroticism, low self-esteem, anxiety and depression also increase risk.—
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Increasing political polarization, the ubiquity of screens, the COVID-19 pandemic — all have contributed to a malaise and neuroticism around the practice of conversation.—
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Yet what elevates the show is its focus on gender relations and atoning for the sins of the past, adding layers of depth beyond its lurid plotting and somewhat ridiculousness.—
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The global consumer trend forecasting firm released its forecast for 2026 and beyond, revealing how this macro trend for ridiculousness will influence every corner of culture—from fashion and beauty to lifestyle and entertainment.—
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Chief among them is small-screen addiction to platforms like Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, etc.—
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As a group, Native Americans face high rates of poverty, chronic disease, and mental illness — all are risk factors for addiction.—
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His parents recalled playfully hitting him with pool noodles during his progressions, a routine that eventually drew in a growing group of neighborhood kids for daily practices.—
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Legal observers often attend police actions to document and monitor law enforcement behavior − a common practice used by activists from the Black Panthers in the 1960s and 1970s to Northern Ireland during The Troubles.—
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“Weirdness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weirdness. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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