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unusual

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


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A handful of schools have outsize positions that make up a tenth or more of their endowments, unusual scenarios for institutions that typically aim to have well-diversified investment portfolios.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

COP31 is being organised and chaired by Turkey but Bowen is steering the marathon talks under an unusual arrangement struck after Canberra and Ankara competed to host the world's most important climate summit.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The researchers also showed that the same platform can generate unusual quantum states that have long attracted interest from physicists.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

That was an unusual mismatch in daily changes for the indexes.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

With Margaret and my brothers attending the Institute’s high school, it wasn’t unusual for me to wander across campus to see them.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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