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unusual

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


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Next week our weather patterns will become more typical for the time of year with the Atlantic jet stream returning to the north-west of Scotland, rather than taking an unusual position near Morocco.

From BBC

Prasad took the unusual step of signing the letter to the company himself, rather than a subordinate directly overseeing vaccine applications.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was because they were silent and still, and my brain knew that that was unusual and just plain not right.

From Literature

It is unusual for an issuer of asset-backed securities to liquidate so many of the loans backing them, especially before the bonds are sold to investors.

From The Wall Street Journal

Investigators have released a surveillance photo showing a potential suspect in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation on Tuesday, marking a major update in the unusual case.

From Los Angeles Times