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Recent Examples of extraordinary Elon Musk’s new fight against the commission is merely the latest testament to its extraordinary effectiveness. Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024 At the same time, this election saw massive turnout, extraordinary levels of voter commitment, by American standards. Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024 But the extraordinary protections the American system gives to sitting presidents will ensure that Trump won’t be going to prison. Vox Staff, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024 But the turn of events is because of extraordinary circumstances: Andy Dalton, who took over for Young in Week 3, was involved in a multi-vehicle car accident in Charlotte on Tuesday. Andy Scholes, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for extraordinary 
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  • It's more accurately seen as a return to the township's Republican norm, after one unusual term with a Democrat in charge.
    Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The retirement of Chiarello made this race an unusual exercise for South Bay voters who got to choose between two candidates.
    Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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  • His defense rated oddly poorly last season (-16 defensive runs saved, zero outs above average), but year-to-year aberrations are not uncommon.
    Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • However, pay transparency is still uncommon, as many companies worry that disclosing salaries could trigger a wave of dissatisfaction and complaints among employees.
    Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Its standout feature is its exceptional speed over USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connections, providing quick file transfers, especially for large media files.
    Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • But this election is close, almost impossibly so, because of some of the ways (good and bad) in which the United States remains exceptional.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • This simultaneously funny and profound musical spins around a teenage girl (the lovable Carolee Carmello) suffering from a rare genetic disease that makes her age five times faster than normal.
    Karen D'Souza, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The jokes just aren’t funny enough — though there is one killer line about Shehzada, which was one of Aaryan’s major flops — and the scares aren’t terrifying enough.
    Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • Separated a documentary film directed by Errol Morris Adam Kirsch In Search of Fullness In his new book, the philosopher Charles Taylor looks at modern poetry as a unique record of spiritual experience in a secular age.
    Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Of course, different hunting conditions and different waterfowl species require unique decoying strategies.
    Joe Arterburn, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • One day, a student noticed something strange: One of the rats in the group trained to expect positive experiences had its tail straight up with a crook at the end, resembling the handle of an old-fashioned umbrella.
    Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The result was a strange hodgepodge of a TV series — novel and interesting in hindsight, but maybe not distinct enough to inspire a spot on the DVR at the time.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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  • Because of its class-leading functionality, polish, and usability, Photoshop earns a rare five-star rating and our Editors' Choice award.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
  • This is the rare case that law enforcement wanted to go viral.
    Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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  • Dilettante listing brokers can also cost sellers with bad marketing, weird staging, and a lack of responsiveness.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
  • He is represented by no gallery, and works in a basement in Brooklyn, from which emerges the fruits of his weird obsessions.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024

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“Extraordinary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extraordinary. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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