uncannily
Americanadverb
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Underneath these uncannily humanlike behaviors, could AI models also have inner lives and emotions?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
Even Cyrus’ freakishly long nails and eerie voice are derivative of other horror movie boogeymen, but without their grasp of the uncannily malevolent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Interest in the Backrooms persists precisely because they lack a fixed mythology, geographical reality, or narrative history, allowing users to construct meaning around places that, nonetheless, feel uncannily familiar.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
To many observers, their behavior appears uncannily intelligent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
Among the photographs was a postcard of the Rokeby Venus, her face looking uncannily like Elizebeth’s.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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