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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
ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
His new songs’ subject matter (black tea, a mid-level store manager at Walgreens, the 2013 Joaquin Phoenix movie Her) might be more oddball than anything he’s ever released.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
Selecting a real-life cultural moment as inspiration feels like a great way to marry an oddball sensibility with something at least potentially commercial.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Apple's smart home pipeline is reminiscent of some of the work Amazon has done over the last few years, particularly oddball experiments like the Astro robot and the 15- and 21-inch versions of the Echo Show smart displays; Amazon also offers security cameras under the Blink and Ring brands.
—ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
His new songs’ subject matter (black tea, a mid-level store manager at Walgreens, the 2013 Joaquin Phoenix movie Her) might be more oddball than anything he’s ever released.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
His new songs’ subject matter (black tea, a mid-level store manager at Walgreens, the 2013 Joaquin Phoenix movie Her) might be more oddball than anything he’s ever released.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
Selecting a real-life cultural moment as inspiration feels like a great way to marry an oddball sensibility with something at least potentially commercial.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddball
Noun
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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
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Both towns are filled with lovable eccentrics, both treat community as a kind of moral center, and both ask us to consider what decency looks like at the local level.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But upon Bennet’s arrival, things take a turn for the bizarre, when the wealthy tycoon builds himself a prison cell in the basement, in an apparent act of meditative penance that forces Blakey into an inversion of traditional power dynamics.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Tasked with bringing into reality those that are a little further down on the bizarre end of the spectrum, the show’s prosthetics and VFX teams had their work cut out for them.—
Lisa de los Reyes,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Here, played by the black actress Karen Bryson, the character is all brains and sass.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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At one point during NCIS' run, de Pablo's character was thought to be dead.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Musk’s pay-package past Elon Musk’s relationship with pay packages has always been outlandish by conventional corporate measures.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Why go against the grain with a one-piece dress instead of going more outlandish, like the other contestants?—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There are also two originals by American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
6 Sep. 2025
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Blessedly, the follow-up to The Nun improves on the original in every way.—
Emily Palmer Heller,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Because our mulch is rubber, this seemed unusual, and out of caution, the guardian was called immediately.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Routh, who is representing himself, has filed unusual motions requesting strippers and a golf round with the president.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This season, Wednesday must navigate family, friends and old adversaries, propelling her into another year of delightfully dark and kooky mayhem.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The kooky characters surrounding Judge Stone included the conceited prosecutor Dan Fielding (John Larroquette), the imposing bailiff Bull Shannon (Richard Moll), and the idealistic public defender Christine Sullivan (Markie Post), each of whom had various quirks of their own.—
Dan Heching,
EW.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Add in offbeat museums, thriving art and culinary scenes in Providence, and seasonal highlights like the WaterFire bonfires, and Rhode Island proves that small states can deliver big experiences.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Things to do in Paris with kids These seven uniquely Parisian things to do on your family trip mix bucket-list highlights with more offbeat finds, all sure to broaden kids’ cultural horizons.—
Elissa Garay,
AFAR Media,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddball. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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