plural oddities
1
: an odd person, thing, event, or trait
2
: the quality or state of being odd
Examples of oddity in a Sentence
Her shyness makes her a bit of an oddity in the business world.
The zoo has such oddities as anteaters and platypuses.
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Women are no longer expected to wear corsets, and what was once an oddity invented in a teenager’s bedroom, the bra, has since become a staple of every woman’s closet.
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Molly Peck, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
In a game with all of the bad blood normal for historical division rivals — an oddity for a team Minnesota sees just twice a year — New Jersey led early and never trailed.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2025
More than half of their total scoring comes off the bench (41.5) — an oddity good for the best mark in the country.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
For those skeptical of polls and sampling size, Shor's study is based on 26 million online responses collected over the course of 2024, and filtered to adjust to oddities of modern polling.
—Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
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Molly Peck, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
In a game with all of the bad blood normal for historical division rivals — an oddity for a team Minnesota sees just twice a year — New Jersey led early and never trailed.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2025
More than half of their total scoring comes off the bench (41.5) — an oddity good for the best mark in the country.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
For those skeptical of polls and sampling size, Shor's study is based on 26 million online responses collected over the course of 2024, and filtered to adjust to oddities of modern polling.
—Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Oddity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddity. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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oddity
noun
odd·i·ty
ˈäd-ət-ē 
plural oddities
1
: something odd
2
: the quality or state of being odd
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