as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
some new and way-out suggestions for naming the baby
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Recent Examples of way-out
Suddenly, after months of sameness, way-out Pluto makes a move, ending its latest retrograde and turning direct!
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for way-out
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Does that explain his bizarre excursion to allow Arnaut Danjuma to score?—
Greg O'Keeffe,
The Athletic,
30 Jan. 2025
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Archaeologists have uncovered a series of bizarre ancient burials in France.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Their release marks just the latest twist in a long, strange road for both extremist leaders.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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Paleontologists have known something strange happened between the end of the Triassic Period and the beginning of the Jurassic for the better part of a century.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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The sweet, funny, profound ceremony in Oakland on Saturday could have doubled as a celebration of life for A’s baseball here, as the team migrates to Sacramento this season with its sights set on Las Vegas.—
Daniel Brown,
The Athletic,
2 Feb. 2025
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April is funny and self-deprecating, seemingly comfortable in her skin despite the constant questioning of her gender.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2025
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The issues: Is this gift too weird for a brother to give his sister?—
Philip Galanes,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Yeah, the weirdest feeling is that initial feeling of shock.—
Chris Perugini,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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And not much tension is built into the film before then — just a long list of odd incidents without any sense of rising action.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
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But the whole thing is oppressive and, in an odd way, not very interesting.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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Educating them on local folklore, as well as his affinity for rabbit hunting, the peculiar kid soon takes a shining to the couple.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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Fellow parents chimed in with stories of their own toddlers making peculiar noises.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Biden appeared unsteady, his responses erratic, his voice a hoarse whisper.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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The mountains can also make the winds more erratic because additional whirls of wind, known as wind eddies, can form as the air moves across the peaks and through the canyons.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
14 Jan. 2025
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Cue the invasion, with 220 tour buses making the two-hour, 130-kilometer (78-mile) trip, alongside cars full of curious day visitors, blocking the resort’s narrow roads and angering its 1,500 local residents.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen,
CNN,
29 Jan. 2025
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The grave became a place of veneration, then a site of controversy in the early 2000s when Little Round Top’s owner began to shoo away the curious.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2025
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