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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 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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But everything changes when a string of gruesome killings—which grow increasingly bizarre, with victims covered in rashes and found in deranged, violent states—involves his young daughter Hyo-jin (Kim Hwan-hee).—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Paxton’s interest in Paul’s plight was bizarre, obsessive and so far beyond normal operations at the attorney general’s office that the agency’s top officials struggled to convey their concerns during the hourslong meeting with two FBI agents.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Indeed, the only character from The Office that actually carried over into the new series is Oscar, who serves as the lead accountant for Softees but gets dragooned into reporting and constructing Sudokus for the paper.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Instead, deaf viewers see unsynchronized plain white text on a black background and it is left to their imagination to infer those rich and nuanced character tomes essential for storytelling that hearing audiences take for granted.—
Gus Alexiou,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But to have everyone there, rubbing elbows and being just as outlandish and quirky as ever, three decades ago just felt off.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The plot leaps from a slightly exaggerated take on a familiar scenario to an outlandish power struggle over an oblivious man whose own agency is increasingly beside the point.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Rob Reiner — who directed, starred and co-wrote the original with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer — has once again directed the sequel, faithfully playing his role as filmmaker Marty DiBergi, complete with military baseball cap and a director’s viewfinder around his neck.—
Mark Kennedy,
Boston Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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The performance began with an arrangement fairly faithful to Isbell’s original, with Boone accompanied by just an acoustic guitar.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This is an unusual feature for a screen that’s designed for color-critical design tasks.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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When Macron was here, Mick Jagger was there with his girlfriend, which is quite unusual.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But that’s certainly not the case with the leads, especially Corrin, who can look chic, gamine and supple as a birch tree in anything, as proven by their frequent modeling and catwalk gigs for Miu Miu and their ability to make the kookiest of outfits work on the red carpet.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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But Christie will always value her time in the kooky universe shaped by the show’s creators and director Tim Burton.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 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 18 Sep. 2025.
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