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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
or spaced
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
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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Physicists debated for decades (opens a new tab) whether this bizarre superfluid-solid hybrid could exist.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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When her favorite author from childhood reemerges with a new book and a chance to win the only existing copy, Lucy sets out to win this bizarre competition filled with riddles and games.The Courier-Journal, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
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In this day and age, where 4K is normal, even HD is considered blurry; however, the decision to shoot with the prosumer camcorder at a resolution of 480 on to MiniDV paid off, and Murphy’s bewildered walk through Westminster is still genuinely iconic.Carlton Reid, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
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There this brilliant but bewildered scientist gets cornered by a plutocrat with impertinent questions.Alan Scherstuhl, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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Some people might be getting to know Dustin Milligan thanks to his role as the ripped snowman in Hot Frosty, but Milligan has been a familiar face on TV for two decades.Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 19 Nov. 2024
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For once, the entity piercing through The View's airspace was not a phantom noise, a doomed gnat, an unknown spectral entity, or Joy Behar's cell phone, but rather the thrusting pelvis of a ripped stripper.Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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One day, a student noticed something strange: One of the rats in the group trained to expect positive experiences had its tail straight up with a crook at the end, resembling the handle of an old-fashioned umbrella.Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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The result was a strange hodgepodge of a TV series — novel and interesting in hindsight, but maybe not distinct enough to inspire a spot on the DVR at the time.Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Though a human would probably be able to figure out how to escape from a random room, even a highly mobile robot would get confused and waste time looking for doors in nonsensical places like the floors and ceiling.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
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The conversation left her confused and gutted — with dozens of questions that could take more than a year to resolve.Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2024
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The higher the rank, the richer in rational points the curve will be.Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
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But after visiting this slice of high desert (and subsequently moving here), my appreciation and fondness for the Southwest’s geological diversity, and that of Sedona’s upper Sonoran Desert region has only deepened.Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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Notorious for his fiery personality and erratic behavior, Steinbrenner replaced his managers 20 times in his first 23 seasons—firing and then rehiring Billy Martin five times—and changed publicity directors 13 times in 26 years, according to Sports Illustrated.Justin Birnbaum, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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The bottom line: As Election Day nears, Trump has not tapered his off-script controversial comments — rather, his language has grown more erratic and hyperbolic.Avery Lotz, Axios, 20 Oct. 2024
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One morning, the narrator wakes up late to see that a strangely dazed Yeong-hye has disposed of all their meat—pork belly, shabu-shabu beef, dumplings, eel.Ed Park, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2024
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Tyson seems dazed and distracted, preoccupied with the sight of blood on his sleeve; Bodhi threatens to dissolve his partnership with Dwight and quit the business entirely.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Spaced-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spaced-out. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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