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. Andrew Steptoe:

   The situation of people suffering an acute cardiac event is different from that of people undergoing surgery : surgery is usually planned so the patient can prepare for it, whereas cardiac events often come out of the blue, but in both cases, a positive orientation is an asset.

2. Chase LeBlanc:

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

3. Damon Thibodeaux:

   Then out of the blue, he called me barely able to talk. He'd go three or four words and then have to gasp for air, and he told me that he was in the hospital, and he said he tested positive for Covid pneumonia.

4. Kristian Saucier:

   Out of the blue Appellate Court decided to come after Ron for Barack Obama license for a year, the window I have for my lawsuit, and they announced it after we announced my case, it’s a liberal court system … trying to dismember my legal defense. It’s a shame, it’s retribution. They’ve backed us into a corner so that I wo n’t be able to file the lawsuit.

5. 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.