Synonyms for out of the blue
out of the blue

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1. unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue(p)adverb

   not anticipated

   "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue"

   Antonyms:
   expected

2. unexpectedly, out of the blueadverb

   in a way that was not expected

   "her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue"

   Synonyms:
   circumstantially, unexpectedly, accidentally, by chance

   Antonyms:
   expected

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1. Masafumi Yamamoto:

   Inflation has been expected to accelerate in the April-June quarter. Although the latest reading was a bit stronger than expected, it wasn’t out of the blue.

2. Gretchen Whitmer:

   Donald Trump called me out of the blue about a week and a half ago and we had a good conversation, it was out of the blue. Often these calls are prescheduled, this one was not, but I'm grateful for it.

3. Harry Kazianis:

   I have to say, this is a little bit out of the blue, the North Korean pattern is to do provocations whether The North Korean pattern is tests of missiles or nukes, ask for negotiations then string us along for months and years.

4. Chase LeBlanc:

   To coldfriend or coldfriending - Reaching out of the blue, via the internet, to a previously unknown person, for business purposes.

5. Dana Delany:

   Bob was one of those guys that you could just call out of the blue and get right back into the groove, and I’m so unhappy that I can’t pick up the phone now to call him and say how ridiculous it is that he’s dead, bob would think it’s so absurd. But seeing the outpouring of love for Bob from friends and from all over the world, I feel like he would be so happy to be getting so much attention. That makes me laugh.