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as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
the cat was acting pretty bizarro this morning, and I'm worried about him
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as in strange
excitingly or mysteriously unusual
a bizarro comedy that earned a cult following
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Recent Examples of bizarro
Some of these actors are taking on meaty, episode-shifting roles, and others are just playing bizarro versions of themselves in a cheeky cameo.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 6 July 2024
There’s a really great opportunity, narratively, to have an almost bizarro version of that Sonic origin story.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
Of course, this somehow managed to just further inflame the growing culture war in the dairy aisle, as raw milk has steadily become a bizarro totem for a coalition that spans the conservative to the crunchy.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
Servais was fired a week later, taking the fall for an offense that has struggled against almost everyone this season, including the Tigers’ bizarro bullpen.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 6 July 2024
There’s a really great opportunity, narratively, to have an almost bizarro version of that Sonic origin story.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
Of course, this somehow managed to just further inflame the growing culture war in the dairy aisle, as raw milk has steadily become a bizarro totem for a coalition that spans the conservative to the crunchy.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
Servais was fired a week later, taking the fall for an offense that has struggled against almost everyone this season, including the Tigers’ bizarro bullpen.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bizarro
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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.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Mar. 2025
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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.—
Ben Brubaker,
Wired News,
30 Mar. 2025
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So what explains this strange little sequence by the side of the pitch?—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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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.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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There’s a weird, unexplained detail where the doctors sometimes wear white lab coats over their scrubs, then take them off to do procedures, and then put them back on.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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The whole thing, from the player’s point of view, must be deeply weird.—
Rory Smith,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Sports events, issues with your kids and romantic matters also might surprise you.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2025
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There's something romantic about the sight of flowers languidly cascading over the sides of pots.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2025
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Everyone was so nervous to tell Mike what our number was, which was so funny.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2025
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Welcome to My Blue Sky is twice as great — totally brash, always loud, always effusive, and usually funny even when their lives are falling apart, which is constantly.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The driver of the exotic sports car fled the scene and is still outstanding.—
Anthony Solorzano,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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Throughout the video, recurring images of exotic flowers interrupt long stretches of darkness.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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That may sound odd coming from someone who’s played in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets and now LA Clippers.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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However, another feature of the young child’s chemical analysis was peculiar.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2025
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Freshman forward Zenaida Esquivel felt a peculiar mix of joy and relief after scoring her first career goal for Bloom.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Bizarro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bizarro. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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