1
as in unusual
being out of the ordinary
the postal service delivered the package with atypical speed
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as in abnormal
departing from some accepted standard of what is normal
since that's an atypical response for an infant, you might want to have her hearing tested
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Recent Examples of atypical
Soaking his film in an atypical amount of sunlight, Collet-Serra forces the generally strong work of cinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski into boring monotony.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
In the spring of 2023, a woman in Chicago, much like Lucca, was referred to genetics by her obstetrician for routine discussion of atypical NIPT results.
—Laura Hercher, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2025
Many came to this country to flee the civil war in their homeland, especially in the 1970s and 1980s, but my family’s arrival was somewhat atypical.
—George B. Sánchez-Tello, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
Still, McCann has carved out a distinct campaign identity, if one that is not atypical of Republicans.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
In the spring of 2023, a woman in Chicago, much like Lucca, was referred to genetics by her obstetrician for routine discussion of atypical NIPT results.
—Laura Hercher, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2025
Many came to this country to flee the civil war in their homeland, especially in the 1970s and 1980s, but my family’s arrival was somewhat atypical.
—George B. Sánchez-Tello, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
Still, McCann has carved out a distinct campaign identity, if one that is not atypical of Republicans.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atypical
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Separately, just days before the start date, Read made the unusual move of adding an alternate juror from her first trial to her legal team, according to media reports citing court records.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
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Canvas’s menu feature flavors such as Arabic coffee and karak chai and biscuits, but Al Marri also enjoys experimenting with unusual combinations, looking outside the dessert realm for ideas.—
Nicola Chilton,
AFAR Media,
28 Mar. 2025
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Symptoms of the condition can include shortness of breath, a sudden drop in blood pressure, an abnormal heart rate, and bleeding from the uterus, C-section, or IV sites.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
8 Apr. 2025
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Tau tangles are also implicated in other neurological diseases such as frontal lobe dementia, or FTD, and Lewy body dementia in which abnormal clumps of a protein called alpha-synuclein accumulate in the brain’s neurons.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2025
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Harvard University President Alan Garber released an open letter today that provided an exceptional example of leadership integrity when faced with extraordinary external pressure.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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America’s trading partners have scrambled to respond to the extraordinary array of tariffs Mr. Trump has announced, including a 10 percent tax on virtually all U.S. imports.—
Joe Rennison,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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In an alternative '90s, dark waters from the underground scientific facility have risen to flood the town and deliver a menagerie of natural and unnatural nightmares.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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In this type of thinking, the desire to be alone is seen as unnatural and unhealthy, something to be pitied or feared rather than valued or encouraged.—
Virginia Thomas,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
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This compact security camera offers exceptional value and robust features in a tiny design.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, the exceptional cinematic short from Love, Death and Robots’ Alberto Mielgo has a 49K to 2.3K ratio.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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These lanterns are bright, and their unique design makes the solar hanging light the perfect outdoor decoration.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The underlying signal itself can also be unique for people or groups of people.—
Eloy Geenjaar,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025
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The exemptions were a rare piece of good news for the battered financial markets, and U.S. stocks closed higher Monday.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2025
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By 1815, machine breaking had become rare, but the plight of the artisans remained dire.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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To be fair, government tech projects are complicated, and overruns aren’t uncommon.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Addressed an issue where all horse saddles were uncommon.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Atypical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atypical. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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