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Chloé Gay Brewer and Casey Long, who perform these roles, are game troupers up for any outlandishness.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023

As Chiefsaholic, Babudar reinvented himself in the public eye, in the parking lots and stadiums where it’s easy to be a character instead of a person and outlandishness isn’t just tolerated, but celebrated.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2023

But the outlandishness of his outfit diminished in importance once he began to speak.

From New York Times • May 2, 2022

It appeared in newspapers across the country, sometimes illustrated with drawings possibly meant to convey the outlandishness of the prediction: a female politician orating in Congress, for example.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2022

After all, it’s not the outlandishness of its conclusions that makes something a pseudoscience: lucky guesses, serendipity, bizarre hypotheses, and even an initial gullibility all play a role in science as well.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos