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The unusualness of your voice — were you comfortable with it right away, or did you have to come to the understanding that it was an asset for an artist?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025

"He adds something different to this side. Jaiswal looks so comfortable against Chris Woakes but the pace and unusualness of Archer made him play differently."

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

A woman conductor leading a brand-new work by a woman composer is still noteworthy and surprising for its unusualness — a rarer event than it ought to be.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2021

The documentary spends ample time underscoring the unusualness of the arrangement.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2021

It's unusual, of course, for a Professor of English Literature to write a comic opera, but the very unusualness may give it some publicity and help the thing along.

From Molly Brown's Sophomore Days by Speed, Nell