plural oddities
1
: an odd person, thing, event, or trait
2
: the quality or state of being odd
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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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In the real world, the process is only a bit less convoluted — albeit with some oddities unique to the league.
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Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Our look at 2024's most unusual architecture includes everything from eye-catching ideas to cutting-edge engineering wonders, so the term oddities shouldn't be taken as disparaging.
—New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2024
Rabelais points out that there are oddities in the world that cannot fit into any classification scheme, more things in our heaven and earth than are dreamt of in either the medieval pretensions of the summa or the ambitious early modern bibliographic machines.
—Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 27 Dec. 2024
That is prompting some oddities in the NFL schedule, with the Steelers one of four teams who played last Saturday and are now playing on Wednesday.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Our look at 2024's most unusual architecture includes everything from eye-catching ideas to cutting-edge engineering wonders, so the term oddities shouldn't be taken as disparaging.
—New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2024
Rabelais points out that there are oddities in the world that cannot fit into any classification scheme, more things in our heaven and earth than are dreamt of in either the medieval pretensions of the summa or the ambitious early modern bibliographic machines.
—Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 27 Dec. 2024
That is prompting some oddities in the NFL schedule, with the Steelers one of four teams who played last Saturday and are now playing on Wednesday.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Oddity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddity. Accessed 18 Jan. 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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