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crotchet, curiosity, eccentricity, erraticism, idiosyncrasy, individualism, kink, mannerism, peculiarity, quiddity, quip, quirk, singularity, tic, trick, twist
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Beyond the Colombian’s success, the race had several other oddities. — James Raia, sacbee, "Colombians dominate Tour of California. Why it was a ‘tough week’ for area contenders | The Sacramento Bee," 19 May 2018 One of my favorite papers in 2015 was by a pair of Berkeley physicists who noticed an oddity while absent-mindedly spinning their wedding rings over coffee one day. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Here are your 2018 Ig Nobel Prize winners," 13 Sep. 2018 For much of her career, she was treated as an oddity. — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, "Rosemary Mariner, Spurned by Airline Executive, Led Way for Female Pilots in U.S. Navy," 15 Feb. 2019 Should some anomaly be noticed, it would likely be cast as an unexplained oddity. — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, "Tiny Chinese Microchips Reportedly Found Hidden in Amazon, Apple Servers," 4 Oct. 2018 His call-and-response with architectural elements leads viewers back and forth through the two spaces, finding harmonies and oddities, such as a stripe of paint that’s the same color but slightly glossier than the rest of the wall. — Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, "Two new installations at the deCordova," 1 May 2018 The gist The fashion industry loves its shoe oddities, from toe shoes to uber-pointy sneakers. — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, "@ShoeIcons Is Instagram's Historical Treasure Trove For Footwear Fanatics," 19 July 2018 In Florida, that’s the oddity of it — bizarre things happen during the day. — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, "TNT's raucous Florida noir 'Claws' returns for Season 2 — with a Chicago actress in tow," 7 June 2018 That being said, the App Store shares some of the same navigational oddities as the iOS apps. — Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, "macOS Mojave review: dark mode and a preview of the Mac’s future," 24 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'oddity.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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