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unusual

[uhn-yoo-zhoo-uhl, -yoozh-wuhl] / ʌnˈyu ʒu əl, -ˈyuʒ wəl /


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Physicists have been studying MoOCl2 for several years because of its unusual electronic structure.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

What’s even more unusual is that it’s all going according to plan.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

“He’s got like the best cholesterol numbers you’ll see,” said Dr. Daniel Torrent, a Georgia vascular surgeon, who added that it is unusual for medication to achieve such favorable numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

In addition to revealing new details about how these transformations occur, the newly created material displays unusual optical behavior that could eventually be useful for quantum computing and other quantum information technologies.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

What was unusual was that Lippmann said it.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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