exotic

Example Sentences

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Compared to helium, for example, excitons are thousands of times lighter, so they could form exotic quantum states at much higher temperatures.

From Science Daily

Despite everything that had gone on, despite the magic shop and all its strangeness, in his heart he had never really believed that what was inside the egg was anything more exotic than a lizard.

From Literature

Venture capitalists, back when they were still something of an exotic beast, were described by The Wall Street Journal in a May 3, 1963, column headlined “The Risk-Takers.”

From Barron's

"Heavy seeds are somewhat more exotic and may need rare conditions to form. Our simulations show that your 'garden variety' stellar mass black holes can grow at extreme rates in the early Universe."

From Science Daily

At Barnum’s American Museum in New York City, visitors could see America’s first aquarium, a menagerie of exotic animals, performances by magicians and ventriloquists, and waxworks.

From The Wall Street Journal