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a person of odd or whimsical habits
she's known as the office oddball
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Recent Examples of oddball
Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 11 June 2025
The Plague is exquisitely cast, from the Nickelodeon star smirk of ringleader Jake (Kayo Martin) to his cohen target Eli (Kenny Rasmussen), a genuine oddball.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 27 May 2025
Meanwhile, a couple of other aliens are dispatched to bring him back: his mad scientist inventor Jumba (Zach Galifianakis) and Earth-loving oddball Pleakley (Billy Magnussen).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 May 2025
The lone oddball counter-example was a wild-card Marlins squad that hired a 72-year-old manager at midseason, got hot behind a few stars (Ivan Rodriguez, Josh Beckett, Dontrelle Willis) and benefited from a historic Cubs meltdown to reach the Fall Classic.
—Neil Paine, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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Adjective
Maybe the most polished of the new Latin oddballs I’ve been obsessed with is EQ.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 11 June 2025
The Plague is exquisitely cast, from the Nickelodeon star smirk of ringleader Jake (Kayo Martin) to his cohen target Eli (Kenny Rasmussen), a genuine oddball.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 27 May 2025
Meanwhile, a couple of other aliens are dispatched to bring him back: his mad scientist inventor Jumba (Zach Galifianakis) and Earth-loving oddball Pleakley (Billy Magnussen).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 May 2025
The lone oddball counter-example was a wild-card Marlins squad that hired a 72-year-old manager at midseason, got hot behind a few stars (Ivan Rodriguez, Josh Beckett, Dontrelle Willis) and benefited from a historic Cubs meltdown to reach the Fall Classic.
—Neil Paine, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddball
Noun
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Ra’s decades-long adherence to this personal mythology, along with his air of serene bemusement and his extravagant robes and headdresses, led to his popular image as a colorful eccentric.—
Ekow Eshun
July 11,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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Other characters include outcasts, visionaries and eccentrics — all of whom live on the margins as unseen — a former priest, a girl trapped in working her family’s candy stand, a woman who learned preaching from her brother and is a caretaker for her dying housemate.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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Some 40 of these bizarre, geochemically-active sub-Neptunes are currently being studied observationally.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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As a result of a bizarre last-minute decision, the nominees in two Emmys categories will be announced Tuesday morning on CBS nearly four hours ahead of the TV Academy’s official nominations announcement, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.—
Beatrice Verhoeven,
HollywoodReporter,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Chick-fil-A One members can team up with the characters to win food prizes.—
Alex Perry,
The Enquirer,
14 July 2025
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Actor Tom Welling played Ultraman in live-action form on a 2010 episode of Smallville, which introduced the character as Clark Luthor of Earth-Two.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Five years ago, the idea that a machine could be anyone’s confidant would have sounded outlandish, a science-fiction premise.—
Paul Bloom,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Over 200 outlandish cars were created for Fury Road and kept for years in storage until filming could begin.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
Noun
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The new lodge sat on the foundation of the former and used many of the original's materials, but was scaled back in its design, removing a second story and observation tower that were part of the original, according to the National Park Service.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
13 July 2025
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To appreciate the essence of the 911, one really has to go back to the original.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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That said, league officials presenting spending data and other economic information to owners and team leaders isn’t unusual.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
14 July 2025
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Although Usonian in design, this house has an unusual hexagonal structure.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Megan Stalter, who brilliantly plays the kooky but complicated Kayla Schaeffer from the Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy category.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Jenna Ortega is all set to return as Wednesday Addams for another year of kooky, macabre hijinks.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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The flood of these offbeat names in the Trademark Office has its own story.—
Jess Collen,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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What truly intrigued me about these offbeat rodeos was how each group remade this most American, most mainstream of pastimes in their own image.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddball. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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