extraordinary

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From social media posts clipped from livestreamed events with the astronauts to an extraordinary portfolio of celestial photographs, viewers caught an eyeful of Artemis II.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

Batson already places extraordinary weight on the quick instincts of trial judges and the exactitude of trial lawyers in the compressed theater of jury selection.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

But without understanding the context of the Emancipation Proclamation, emancipation appears merely tactical—and not what Lincoln understood it to be: a moral reckoning carried out under extraordinary political and personal pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Reading an extraordinary statement at the White House, she denied any association with Epstein and said, “My attorneys and I have fought these unfounded and baseless lies with success.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Francis—with extraordinary difficulty—managed to get in touch with him a couple of days before Henry’s funeral.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt