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Recent Examples of weirdly
The conversation also challenges the weirdly prevalent misconception that the Beach Boys‘ pre-Pet Sounds music isn’t worthy of being taken seriously.
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
Bottom line: Not great by any stretch, but at least the 1990 edition was weirdly memorable.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 16 June 2025
Alex Cooper, center, and her dancers rehearse a production number in Call Her Alex Disney
The biographical portions can feel evasive—weirdly so, considering that messiness and candor are central to Cooper’s brand—often swerving away from uncomfortable topics.
—Judy Berman, Time, 10 June 2025
Even the sound during the musical numbers, notably the opening number, the start of Jonathan Groff’s performance, and Nicole Scherzinger's Sunset Boulevard number, seemed strangely quiet and weirdly mixed.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 June 2025
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
Bottom line: Not great by any stretch, but at least the 1990 edition was weirdly memorable.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 16 June 2025
Alex Cooper, center, and her dancers rehearse a production number in Call Her Alex Disney
The biographical portions can feel evasive—weirdly so, considering that messiness and candor are central to Cooper’s brand—often swerving away from uncomfortable topics.
—Judy Berman, Time, 10 June 2025
Even the sound during the musical numbers, notably the opening number, the start of Jonathan Groff’s performance, and Nicole Scherzinger's Sunset Boulevard number, seemed strangely quiet and weirdly mixed.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weirdly
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One day at a time, this oddly compatible pair follow the murderer’s trail from the Hollywood Hills to posh Palm Springs, with colorful characters making cameo appearances along the way.—
Liza Tully,
People.com,
6 July 2025
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These cells were a bit too chatty in brains with depression, but oddly quiet in PTSD, hinting at a key difference between the two conditions despite their many genetic overlaps.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
6 July 2025
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