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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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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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Read More | McClatchy News continues to follow the discovery of the most unusual and intriguing new species.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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Instead of relying on old red flags like misspellings or poor grammar, employees should be trained to identify behavioral anomalies, such as unexpected requests for urgent financial transactions or unusual communication patterns.—
Stephen Moore,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Addressed an issue where all horse saddles were uncommon.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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To be fair, government tech projects are complicated, and overruns aren’t uncommon.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Organizations that resist this model risk missing out on exceptional talent that no longer fits the climb-the-ladder blueprint.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Vogue Weddings An all-access invitation to the exceptional and inspirational, plus planning tips and advice.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
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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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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These lanterns are bright, and their unique design makes the solar hanging light the perfect outdoor decoration.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The underlying signal itself can also be unique for people or groups of people.—
Eloy Geenjaar,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025
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So what explains this strange little sequence by the side of the pitch?—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Republicans should also get over their strange allergy to cutting the capital gains tax.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
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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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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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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“Extraordinary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extraordinary. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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