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as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
always has a somewhat weird opinion of what's happening in the news
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as in eerie
fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic
weird sounds from the woods just beyond our campsite
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as in magical
having seemingly supernatural qualities or powers
a self-styled, contemporary witch, she sells herbal mixtures that she claims are weird potions
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as in unusual
noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced
a weird little plant that we found growing in the garden
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weird noises
a weird look
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Recent Examples of weird
Given the weird psychology that drove the antagonists in the earlier films — a crazed lady taxidermist and then a psychopathic thespian, respectively — the villains’ thirst for riches here seems a little rote, while the use of El Dorado as a device just piles cliché on top of triteness.
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Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
As the head of news and current affairs at Channel 4, Compton has the difficult task of making the weirder aspects of the U.S. election process legible to a British audience.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
After one of the weirdest seasons in Dodgers history, where every pitcher seemed to get hurt.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
This episode of What’s Ahead describes how this scheme works and leads to voter confusion and weird, undemocratic results.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
As the head of news and current affairs at Channel 4, Compton has the difficult task of making the weirder aspects of the U.S. election process legible to a British audience.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
After one of the weirdest seasons in Dodgers history, where every pitcher seemed to get hurt.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
This episode of What’s Ahead describes how this scheme works and leads to voter confusion and weird, undemocratic results.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weird
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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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The body horror lingering at the fringes of this is very eerie.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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In my inbox sit three eerie, unsolicited photographs of a crime scene.Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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From the terrifying Basilisk serpent to the majestic hippogriff Buckbeak, VFX giant Framestore brought to life many of J.K. Rowling’s magical creatures in the Harry Potter films.Jake Kanter, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
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Luxy has such an amazing community, and what better time to interact with them in more magical, feel-good ways?Dahvi Shira, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Half of Taylor Morrison's customers build homes from scratch, so the company has made an unusual commitment to put pricing, design and preparation right on its website—quite a feat, considering that each of the company's 22 divisions builds slightly different homes in different areas.Heather Newman, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The end result of all this was a historically unusual outcome in Wisconsin, different parties winning for president and Senate on the same ballot, which hadn’t happened in 56 years.Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 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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Grunewald takes what could have been a forgettable crossover ‘evil team-up’ issue and crafts one of the most haunting mediations on extremism and vengeance.Josh Weiss, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Zito's modus operandi is scalping women and attaching their hair to mannequins, which probably has nothing to do with his mommy issues... Tom Savini truly works his magic in Maniac, and the special makeup effects are haunting, but the film also gets a boost from a pair of genre heavy-hitters.Steven Thrash, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2024
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Wendt is just punching the clock in Santa Buddies, which is fair, because its internal mythology, which revolves around a magic icicle that melts whenever kids stop believing in Santa — an interesting spin on climate change, to be sure — is exhausting.Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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Early Wednesday morning, Republicans led 197-167, with each party focusing in on the magic 218.Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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This simultaneously funny and profound musical spins around a teenage girl (the lovable Carolee Carmello) suffering from a rare genetic disease that makes her age five times faster than normal.Karen D'Souza, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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The jokes just aren’t funny enough — though there is one killer line about Shehzada, which was one of Aaryan’s major flops — and the scares aren’t terrifying enough.Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Weird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weird. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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