strangeness

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Recent Examples of strangeness But there is a certain way Chimp Crazy fixates on her strangeness that straddles the line between establishing a character and gawking at their oddities. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2024 In large part because of its strangeness, Palworld has surprisingly become among the year’s first, and loudest, blockbuster gaming successes. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024 One of them noted the strangeness of knowing so well what Nikel looks like without ever having been there. Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024 But the feeling itself, for all its intuitiveness, conceals some strangeness. Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for strangeness 
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Noun
  • Photo: Wilson Webb/Weinstein Company/Everett Collection Blame it on the peculiarities of awards season that Blanchett was considered the lead in this exquisite romantic drama while Rooney Mara, who’s actually the main character, was slotted as the supporting role.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Sometimes explorations of the unknown cross not into a strange land but into the peculiarities of the human mind.
    The Week US, theweek, 15 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The Fall was filmed over four years, with various production singularities that have since become infamous among the film’s devoted fanbase.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The creation of pattern through repetition—turning a thing into a field the way Peeples-Bright typically does—trades in singularity and apartness for a new, larger community and sense of rhythm.
    Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • But experts say there are certain characteristics that kids’ favorite toys share.
    Anna North, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
  • But Americans have long had an outsize risk tolerance, a characteristic that is integral to both the dynamism of the country’s economy and the vibrance of its society.
    Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • As further evidence of its oddity, Triton encircles its parent in the opposite direction compared with the other moons.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Red flags to be aware of – oddities in facial expressions or backgrounds; voice inconsistencies that come across as unnatural; pressure tactics used by the impersonator.
    Gene Marks, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • His eccentricities — once easily dismissed as the affectations of a lonely man — read maniacal.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Strangely, the results come off as a directorial affectation, a willful cramping of her style.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Other studies suggest peer support fosters belonging, community, social connectedness, resilience, belief in oneself, hope, and empowerment—all of which can contribute to overall well-being, even if those attributes are harder to measure than clinical symptoms.
    Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Here are some more advantageous attributes shared by many Sagittarius children.
    Holly Garcia, Parents, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • This is different than the traditional DEI training in part because many of these traits are invisible, undisclosed and possibly undiagnosed. 4.
    Shaun Arora, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • These traits make for an adventurous and outgoing kiddo.
    Holly Garcia, Parents, 22 Nov. 2024

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