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Recent Examples of out-of-the-way
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Meanwhile, Ojibwe chef Bryce Stevenson, a key figure in the Indigenous Food Sovereignty movement and a 2024 James Beard Award semifinalist, took a big gamble in 2023 by choosing his out-of-the-way home turf as the location for a high-concept restaurant, Miijim. Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024 Having somehow returned, firmly, to the real world, the narrator decides to quit his job and start working in a library in a small, out-of-the-way town in Fukushima Prefecture. Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024 Many who were imprisoned there, and at similar camps scattered in out-of-the-way corners of the country, spent the rest of their lives trying to erase the memory. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024 Label and stack them in an out-of-the-way place, like under the sink or the linen closet. Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for out-of-the-way
Recent Examples of Synonyms for out-of-the-way
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  • The expo’s Instagram page documents visits to other cities and showcases many of the bizarre and dark art pieces and items people can buy, as well as some attendees’ costumes.
    Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The pilot episode of The Baldwins, TLC’s new reality show about actor Alec Baldwin and his family, is one of the darkest and most bizarre hours of television to appear in recent memory.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
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  • Still, any rating on the Torino scale above a 0 is unusual, which is why the world's space agencies have taken notice.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The politics of this tax credit are unusual in the climate world too.
    Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2025
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  • The win-then-disqualification made for a strange post-race set of circumstances.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Our strange behavior and fumbled sentences change others’ perception of us and our perception of ourselves.
    Wash Westmoreland, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
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  • That's according to new research from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) which found that the uncommon size and lack of restrictions of Scott's charitable gifts have not only helped those nonprofits become more financially stable but has enabled them to increase the scope of their impact.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025
  • City finance officials said that structure is not uncommon and would help smooth out the overall debt load for taxpayers.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
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  • Gilda, who fell in love easily and often, and wasn’t afraid to be weird, or look ridiculous.
    Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2025
  • This isn’t to take a weird victory lap several years later.
    Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
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  • The actor simply finds something too funny to contain him or herself.
    Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
  • In late January, the iconic funny man appeared on 101.1 The Wiz, reacting to a slew of rappers performing at Donald Trump‘s inauguration.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 11 Feb. 2025
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  • In an odd approach to trying to improve customer tech support, HP allegedly implemented mandatory, 15-minute wait times for people calling the vendor for help with their computers and printers in certain geographies.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Courtesy of Mojang Microsoft subsidiary Mojang's Minecraft is an odd paradox of crossplay.
    Brad Bourque, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2025
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  • What To Know The auction will feature several significant pieces, including: Lucy Ridsdale's Telegram: This handwritten message, sent by Ridsdale to her sister in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a rare firsthand account of a survivor's immediate experience.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The numb detachment scrawled across Sofia’s face points to her resentment at having to put her life on hold while tending to the endless needs of her demanding mother, who uses a wheelchair but has been known to walk on rare occasions.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025

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“Out-of-the-way.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/out-of-the-way. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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