as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
the religious sect's far-out clothes and practices made them the talk of the small town
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Recent Examples of far-out
In hindsight, this was Atlanta's just-right moment, when its narrative experiments still felt embedded in the specific traits of the central characters (unlike seasons 3's far-out anthology episodes).
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EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
At once an underground favorite and a best-seller, Robbins’ comic novels — with their fantastical stories and far-out musings — were distinctly of the counterculture and soon became part of its fabric.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
Reading the comments, Lambert laughed along at some of the more far-out posts.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
The 1960s-style bar serves far-out cocktails like the Kissaten, which blends matcha sake and mint with gin, crème de cacao, and white-chocolate mousse.
—Sahar Khan, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
This hippie costume set comes with a far-out dress, socks, and a fringe-design headband.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles aren’t just fodder for science fiction or far-out R&D experiments.
—Harri Weber, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024
That tidal force weakens with distance, however, so a sufficiently far-out disk can give rise to an asteroid’s accompanying moon.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2024
Driving the news: The far-out plan convinced Initialized Capital and B Capital to lead Star Catcher's seed round.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 24 July 2024
EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
At once an underground favorite and a best-seller, Robbins’ comic novels — with their fantastical stories and far-out musings — were distinctly of the counterculture and soon became part of its fabric.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
Reading the comments, Lambert laughed along at some of the more far-out posts.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
The 1960s-style bar serves far-out cocktails like the Kissaten, which blends matcha sake and mint with gin, crème de cacao, and white-chocolate mousse.
—Sahar Khan, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
This hippie costume set comes with a far-out dress, socks, and a fringe-design headband.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles aren’t just fodder for science fiction or far-out R&D experiments.
—Harri Weber, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024
That tidal force weakens with distance, however, so a sufficiently far-out disk can give rise to an asteroid’s accompanying moon.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2024
Driving the news: The far-out plan convinced Initialized Capital and B Capital to lead Star Catcher's seed round.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 24 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for far-out
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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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Sure, the plot’s kind of a mess, but warrior Alice is an empowering turn while Johnny Depp’s Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter’s big-headed Red Queen are splendidly strange.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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This brings to conclusion one of the stranger and more dramatic human spaceflight stories in years.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Gargantuan, weird outcomes can start small in the tech world, and often innocently.—
Jaron Lanier,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
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Some of those weird dissonant chords, there’s some of that in there for sure.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
21 Mar. 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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Everyone was so nervous to tell Mike what our number was, which was so funny.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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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There is something extremely odd about a film which purports to deliver on a promise of unfiltered combat but yet refuses to contextualize either the mission itself or the war in which it is set.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
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Chargers' Jim Harbaugh gives his thoughts on controversial 'tush push' The veteran head coach currently views the Philadelphia Eagles' famed play as simply football, but is curious to see how a rule change vote goes on it.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Next, encourage team members to be curious about different perspectives, dive into data and stories, consider multiple categories of the problem, and clarify the objectives.—
Chris Williams,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Take a moment to reflect on how peculiar—and suboptimal—this is.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The two answers are deeply and imaginatively intertwined, and the peculiar significance of the guinea fowl can be found, like the wounds and scars of abuse themselves, deep in the mists of memory.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The two-track body of work boasts snakey slithering synths, explosive drops, effervescent sounds, hard-hitting tunes, hypnotic soundscapes and erratic beats that build up into a crescendo followed by techno designed to ignite the dance floor.—
Lisa Kocay,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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How Abnormal Bleeding Could Lead to Fatigue Shifting hormone levels during perimenopause can cause menstrual cycles to become erratic, sometimes causing heavier and longer periods.—
Julia Ries,
Health,
19 Mar. 2025
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