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otherworldly

[uhth-er-wurld-lee] / ˈʌð ərˈwɜrld li /


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The paintings featured include scenes of unassuming houses visited by otherworldly guests, dead-eyed office workers, gravity-defying displays and lambs being led to the slaughter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

It’s something I’ve never witnessed, and I’ve heard it’s a supernatural experience: The temperature drops, the sky becomes otherworldly, and you can see the ring of the sun’s outer atmosphere against it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

In diagrammatic canvases that look like otherworldly computer chips, she writes her own invented language and creates charts and instructions inscrutable to the viewer—not a problem since they’re meant for nonhuman entities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

He had just turned 22, came with otherworldly talent and seemed poised to become one of baseball’s most devastating sluggers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Even from a hundred feet up, Frank could hear the drone of cicadas buzzing in the trees—a sleepy, otherworldly sound that made his eyes heavy.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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