out of the ordinary
Example Sentences
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Such "blunt" rhetoric is "out of the ordinary" coming from Xi in conversation with a US president, Adam Ni, editor of the China Neican newsletter, told AFP.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
I have a list of 40 conservative websites that I’ll go through a couple times a week, because what I’m looking for is typically an emerging trend, or something that’s out of the ordinary.
From Slate • May 7, 2026
Solomon says the meeting wasn’t anything out of the ordinary: “That group has gone over to the Treasury to talk about cybersecurity risks over a number of years,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
"There was nothing out of the ordinary at all. No little cables hanging out or anything," Suranovas says.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
“If he or Maria were looking into anything out of the ordinary, I’d have known about it.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
