unusual

Example Sentences

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"Our most popular Spanish lager is £6 now and that's not unusual."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

While, in most industries, it’s unusual for one company to pay another to help it get a competing product off the ground, it’s not uncommon in the space industry.

From MarketWatch • 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

“It would be very unusual for the ECB to raise rates just once, and it would risk looking like a token gesture rather than a meaningful response,” said Jack Allen-Reynolds, an economist at Capital Economics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Katherine turned her head—maybe it would just look as if she’d heard an unusual birdcall and was trying to listen more closely.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix