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Recent Examples of unusually
Of the competitive races, two are unusually contentious.
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Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
For savers, the Fed's ongoing rate pause has effectively preserved an unusually favorable rate environment, one where yields on certificates of deposit (CDs), high-yield savings accounts and money market accounts remain well above the long-term historical average.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 May 2026
The dispute has dragged out for an unusually long time between the Broward hospitals and Florida Blue, one of the largest health insurers in the state, leaving thousands of people locked out of in-network care at the public hospital systems.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
The record hits hard out of the gate, opening with a suite of kuru’s meanest-sounding tracks to date, establishing the artist as an unusually jaded 20-year-old who sounds older than their age, in the specific way the internet’s ceaseless discourse and rapid cultural production accelerates time.
—Jude Noel, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2026
The Kings played in a record number of overtime games and had an unusually low number of regulation wins for a playoff qualifier, in fact only one team in the entire league had fewer, bottom-dwelling Vancouver.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
Beyond standard house tours, the site hosts an unusually creative slate of events ranging from broken jewelry repair workshops to live-action games of Clue.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
But such airspace restrictions are still unusually strict compared to policies in other Chinese cities like Shanghai and Shenzhen.
—Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
Venus moves through this same territory followed by Mercury on May 17, making the social atmosphere unusually alive with possibility.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Apr. 2026
Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
For savers, the Fed's ongoing rate pause has effectively preserved an unusually favorable rate environment, one where yields on certificates of deposit (CDs), high-yield savings accounts and money market accounts remain well above the long-term historical average.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 May 2026
The dispute has dragged out for an unusually long time between the Broward hospitals and Florida Blue, one of the largest health insurers in the state, leaving thousands of people locked out of in-network care at the public hospital systems.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
The record hits hard out of the gate, opening with a suite of kuru’s meanest-sounding tracks to date, establishing the artist as an unusually jaded 20-year-old who sounds older than their age, in the specific way the internet’s ceaseless discourse and rapid cultural production accelerates time.
—Jude Noel, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2026
The Kings played in a record number of overtime games and had an unusually low number of regulation wins for a playoff qualifier, in fact only one team in the entire league had fewer, bottom-dwelling Vancouver.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
Beyond standard house tours, the site hosts an unusually creative slate of events ranging from broken jewelry repair workshops to live-action games of Clue.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
But such airspace restrictions are still unusually strict compared to policies in other Chinese cities like Shanghai and Shenzhen.
—Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
Venus moves through this same territory followed by Mercury on May 17, making the social atmosphere unusually alive with possibility.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unusually
uncommonly
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The result is an uncommonly lovely New Deal mission statement.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
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Hansen is also uncommonly tall for an astronaut — 6 feet, 2 inches (nearly 2 meters).—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Unusually.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unusually. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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