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as in novelties
small useful items
she's always searching among the odds and ends in the drawer for some tool that she needs
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as in rest
a remaining group or portion
almost all of the piece of leather will be needed for upholstering the chair, so just throw away any odds and ends
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For other odds and ends, Ventura created a functional gallery wall that could also neatly store and exhibit sentimental objects.
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Samantha Leal, refinery29.com, 15 Mar. 2024
Power strips anticipate that there are never enough outlets (and the ’80s was the decade that power strips improved in safety and needed replacing, according to a school where Sierra’s grandpa had done maintenance and collected unused odds and ends).
—Cameron Carr, Longreads, 18 June 2024
The remainder of the set is odds and ends, primarily different studio versions but also five live tracks recorded in Boston in October 1972 with unusually prominent piano (Ronson’s guitar, usually deafening in a live setting, uncharacteristically quiet on the recording).
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 June 2024
No one, that is, except a tiny mouse, who slips in with some odds and ends that Helen has reclaimed from a neighbor’s curb.
—Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
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Samantha Leal, refinery29.com, 15 Mar. 2024
Power strips anticipate that there are never enough outlets (and the ’80s was the decade that power strips improved in safety and needed replacing, according to a school where Sierra’s grandpa had done maintenance and collected unused odds and ends).
—Cameron Carr, Longreads, 18 June 2024
The remainder of the set is odds and ends, primarily different studio versions but also five live tracks recorded in Boston in October 1972 with unusually prominent piano (Ronson’s guitar, usually deafening in a live setting, uncharacteristically quiet on the recording).
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 June 2024
No one, that is, except a tiny mouse, who slips in with some odds and ends that Helen has reclaimed from a neighbor’s curb.
—Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
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“Odds and ends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/odds%20and%20ends. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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