unusual
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Left last week took the unusual step of testifying in his own defense.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
What was unusual in April was a record 668,000 increase in job openings in “professional and business services,” a catchall category of white-collar jobs in fields from technology to finance to law.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Physicists have been studying MoOCl2 for several years because of its unusual electronic structure.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
He’ll face an unusual amount of disagreement among committee members as well as scrutiny over his own positions given his rhetorical shifts on inflation and Fed policy since he was nominated by President Donald Trump.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
This was no ordinary wolf, nor even a highly unusual wolf, but something far more strange and powerful.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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