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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
Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sep. 2025
This sounds like something out of the mouth of a Quentin Tarantino character on a brilliant, oddball tangent.
—Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2025
Oliver, Steve Martin’s Charles, and Selena Gomez’s Mabel work the case while navigating the usual constellation of oddballs that orbit them.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The actor played beet-growing oddball Dwight Schrute on all nine seasons of NBC's Emmy-winning mockumentary that aired from 2005 to 2013.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sep. 2025
This sounds like something out of the mouth of a Quentin Tarantino character on a brilliant, oddball tangent.
—Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
What’s more, the band has also announced that vinyl and CD versions of the soundtrack to their oddball movie Pavements—a blend of documentary, biopic, and mockumentary, all directed by Alex Ross Perry—will arrive on November 14, too.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2025
Oliver, Steve Martin’s Charles, and Selena Gomez’s Mabel work the case while navigating the usual constellation of oddballs that orbit them.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddball
Noun
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For Mimi Pond, the desire to do a book about the Mitford sisters – six larger-than-life British eccentrics (and one brother) who created a stir in both British and American culture – was obvious.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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For decades, sovereign citizens largely flew under the radar in Australia as relatively harmless eccentrics with a special interest in conspiracy theories.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Tactically, the most notable feature of the final was how regularly the two goalkeepers found themselves in bizarre positions, rushing out to close down attackers in wide areas.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Shortly after the in-person meeting, Kacie bowed out in one of the most bizarre breakups ever shown.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In the movie, there is a montage with a voiceover that shows a classroom interaction between Lohan's character and her crush, Aaron Samuels, played by Jonathan Bennett.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The wardrobe and general aesthetic of the character were also already in his mind prior to casting.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Nothing seems too outlandish for Preller.—
Brittany Ghiroli,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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That may sound outlandish, but another rare Zonda sold for $11 million late last year.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Even some of the originals on the album stem from ‘90s country greats.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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Daylilies hybridize easily and letting the seeds fall and germinate may result in new plants that aren’t true to the original.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This is not particularly unusual, and in a traditional 4-2-3-1 system, forcing a team down one side is effective.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The lawsuit is the first to challenge the administration's unusual use of partisan messaging in government communications during the shutdown, which legal experts told NPR may violate federal ethics laws.—
Shannon Bond,
NPR,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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There are also instructions for plenty of creepy cocktails and even craft projects for constructing kooky table decor to match.—
Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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There’s all these futurist painters and designers around, kooky poets like Filippo Marinetti who could out-beat the Beatniks who’ll come two generations later.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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All of these films have been heavily influenced by 20th century pulp fiction writers, but for his latest movie, Black goes directly to the source, adapting one of the genre’s key figures for an action-comedy as offbeat, idiosyncratic, and entertaining as any Black has made.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
1 Oct. 2025
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But 25 years earlier, in the early 1970s, Ibiza was a very different place—an offbeat, free-spirited refuge under the shadow of Franco’s regime.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddball. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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