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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Third, History podcasts build strong communities, with hosts gaining celebrity status and selling out live events, much like musicians, and History shows cover everything from broad overviews to deep dives into overlooked subjects like women’s history, LGBTQ+ issues, and cultural oddities.
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Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The remailing program began in 1946, when the local postmaster and a businessman came up with Loveland’s stamp-collecting oddity.
—Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026
But for his first contribution to the network in 2026, The Beauty, he and co-creator Matthew Hodgson have concocted a genre-hopping oddity that sounds even less likely to work.
—Judy Berman, Time, 21 Jan. 2026
Along with tiny sea slugs, elegant birds and strange, fuzzy flowers, the marine oddity is just one of 72 species of plants, animals and fungi discovered by researchers at the California Academy of Sciences last year.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
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Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The remailing program began in 1946, when the local postmaster and a businessman came up with Loveland’s stamp-collecting oddity.
—Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026
But for his first contribution to the network in 2026, The Beauty, he and co-creator Matthew Hodgson have concocted a genre-hopping oddity that sounds even less likely to work.
—Judy Berman, Time, 21 Jan. 2026
Along with tiny sea slugs, elegant birds and strange, fuzzy flowers, the marine oddity is just one of 72 species of plants, animals and fungi discovered by researchers at the California Academy of Sciences last year.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
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“Oddity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddity. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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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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