Thesaurus / unexpected
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It’s not particularly Dickensian or Miltonian, though it does feature a wholly unexpected extended riff on Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal.
THE ESSENTIAL KINDNESS OF BILL AND TEDALISSA WILKINSONAUGUST 28, 2020VOXOne day, Selin strikes up an email correspondence with a boy she’s barely spoken to, and their relationship begins to develop in strange and unexpected ways.
THIS SEPTEMBER, THE VOX BOOK CLUB IS READING ELIF BATUMAN’S THE IDIOTCONSTANCE GRADYAUGUST 28, 2020VOXHe had unexpected success in managing Japan’s fraught relationships with its most important ally, the United States, and its largest trade partner, China.
THE LEGACY SHINZO ABE, JAPAN’S LONGEST-SERVING PRIME MINISTER, WILL LEAVE AFTER RESIGNINGCLAYCHANDLERAUGUST 28, 2020FORTUNEManufacturers in some industries can expect unexpected events to erase the majority of a year’s profits over the course of a decade—and that’s just the baseline, accounting for probabilities like recurring storms and shipping snafus.
COVID-19 AND CLIMATE CHANGE EXPOSE THE DANGERS OF UNSTABLE SUPPLY CHAINSMATTHEWHEIMERAUGUST 27, 2020FORTUNEThat geopolitical events would provide a push toward tech decoupling was unexpected.
THE CHINESE AND U.S. INTERNETS ARE DRIFTING APART. WHY THAT’S BAD FOR THE WHOLE WORLDJAKEMETHAUGUST 21, 2020FORTUNESuch things rarely happen overnight and when they do burst into view, many people hasten to label it an “intelligence failure” — the default reaction when something unexpected happens in the world.
TURNING A BLIND EYE INTERNATIONALLY WILL COST USTRACY MORANAUGUST 7, 2020OZYOver the last several months, brands have seen unexpected spikes in product categories, from PPE, to outdoor gear, and they needed to adjust their ad strategy accordingly.
DEEP DIVE: HOW TO MASTER AMAZON ADVERTISING IN THE NEW NORMALDIGIDAYJULY 29, 2020DIGIDAYEnsure that when scheduling, you’re giving enough leeway for your team to prioritize important aspects of the campaign and respond to unexpected situations.
10 REASONS WHY MARKETERS USE DATA TO MAKE BUDGETING DECISIONSKIMBERLY GRIMMSJULY 28, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCHNesta has explored the broad spectrum of AI activity in China—the good, the bad, and the unexpected.
CHINA AND AI: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN AND WHAT IT SHOULD BE WARY OFHESSY ELLIOTTJULY 3, 2020SINGULARITY HUB They have uncovered an unexpected excess of events inside their detector that could fit the profile of a hypothetical dark matter particle called an axion.
DARK MATTER EXPERIMENT FINDS UNEXPLAINED SIGNALNATALIE WOLCHOVERJUNE 17, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEWORDS RELATED TO UNEXPECTED
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.