Examples of way-out in a Sentence

some new and way-out suggestions for naming the baby
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Suddenly, after months of sameness, way-out Pluto makes a move, ending its latest retrograde and turning direct! Jennifer Culp, Them, 4 Oct. 2024 Instead, the way-out Moon creates a beautiful annular solar eclipse where a brilliant band of Sun is visible around the outer edges of the Moon, lookin’ sort of like Sauron’s One Ring to Rule Them All glowing up there in the sky. Jennifer Culp, Them, 27 Sep. 2024 The way-out ruler of Scorpio is your long-time pal. Jennifer Culp, Them, 16 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of way-out was in 1954

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“Way-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/way-out. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

way-out

adjective
ˈwā-ˈau̇t
: very unusual or odd
way-out ideas

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