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as in unusual
being out of the ordinary
the marine is being cited for extraordinary courage
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as in uncommon
noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced
no one noticed anything extraordinary about the airline passenger
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Recent Examples of extraordinary
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The memory of the Holocaust has, perversely, been enlisted to justify both the eradication of Gaza and the extraordinary silence with which that violence has been met.
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Catherine Hall, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2025
Based on the clip, the new season, which blends live action with CGI to bring the characters' imaginations to life, promises to provide plenty of exciting, Earth-saving action and lessons pulled from Dr. Jane Goodall's extraordinary life.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Amazon rivers fell to unprecedented lows during the region’s worst drought on record and the Philippines experienced an extraordinary typhoon season, with six in just 30 days.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
Zoom in: The foundation said Thursday that despite extraordinary pressure to single-handedly overturn the results of the 2020 election, Pence stood firm in his commitment to democracy.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
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Catherine Hall, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2025
Based on the clip, the new season, which blends live action with CGI to bring the characters' imaginations to life, promises to provide plenty of exciting, Earth-saving action and lessons pulled from Dr. Jane Goodall's extraordinary life.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Amazon rivers fell to unprecedented lows during the region’s worst drought on record and the Philippines experienced an extraordinary typhoon season, with six in just 30 days.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
Zoom in: The foundation said Thursday that despite extraordinary pressure to single-handedly overturn the results of the 2020 election, Pence stood firm in his commitment to democracy.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extraordinary
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Canvas’s menu feature flavors such as Arabic coffee and karak chai and biscuits, but Al Marri also enjoys experimenting with unusual combinations, looking outside the dessert realm for ideas.—
Nicola Chilton,
AFAR Media,
28 Mar. 2025
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The contract also maintains its unusual provision allowing Sanders to disclose any athletically related outside income to his superiors verbally, thus enabling him to follow NCAA bylaws while ensuring that no public paper trail is created for these earnings.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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For those with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, skin reactions like eczema are not uncommon.—
Lauren O'Connor, MS,
Health,
30 Mar. 2025
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However, this time, the powerful radio telescope has outdone itself, finding large 30 AU-wide planet-birthing structures may actually be uncommon in terms of the overall population of these objects.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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However, the fact that the female figure may represent a priestess holding religious objects makes the discovery exceptional, as the researchers write.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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Despite their extensive tag team history, the match devolved into a repetitive exchange of superkicks, failing to showcase the wrestlers' true abilities and leaving fans disappointed, especially amidst an otherwise exceptional WrestleMania card.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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On her first series, the actress played the furry and funny Honk on the Kroffts’ Far Out Space Nuts, a character who spoke only in horn-like honks.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
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
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The Goychay region, with its unique microclimate and mineral-rich soil, has become globally synonymous with Azerbaijani premium pomegranates.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Through its unique approach to skincare, the company strives to challenge industry norms by innovating solutions from raw, natural ingredients.—
Grace Butler,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
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The unique role required a performer who could pass as young as age 7 and as old as 22 — a strange consequence of the real case that inspired the series.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
4 Apr. 2025
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To make the picture even stranger, the backseat door of the car is open and another backseat passenger’s leg is just barely visible.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
4 Apr. 2025
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In an industry where longevity is rare, cryptocurrency exchange BitMart celebrates its seventh anniversary amid a landscape marked by volatility, security challenges, and rapid technological evolution.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Sienna Miller and her daughter Marlowe made a rare appearance together at Savannah Miller’s Bridal Ballerina Breakfast, and the resemblance between the two is uncanny.—
Nicol Natale,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Mush balls are a weird weather phenomenon on Jupiter that astronomers first pieced together (also from Juno data) a few years ago.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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That definitely comes out of my work on Freud—and, in a weird way, René Girard, who’s anti-Freudian, but there’s a lot in common.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Extraordinary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extraordinary. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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