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as in trick
an odd or peculiar habit
his one oddity is collecting used pencil leads
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as in rarity
something strange or unusual that is an object of interest
years ago circus sideshows used to display people with unusual physical features as oddities
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as in anomaly
something that is different from what is ordinary or expected
she is an oddity in that, unlike her sisters, she avoids social media
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as in eccentric
a person of odd or whimsical habits
an oddity with a penchant for weaving cat fur
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Recent Examples of oddity
James Bruton View gallery - 8 images Pretty much all of the fantastic inventions from YouTube creator James Bruton are bizarre engineering oddities.
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New Atlas, 15 July 2025
On July 5, 2000 — exactly 25 years ago today — a cultural oddity was unleashed onto the public at large.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 July 2025
Inside, exhibits trace the history of Harrogate’s rise as a fashionable spa resort, from eyebrow-raising Victorian treatments to the habits and oddities of 19th-century visitors.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
His new Goods and Services Tax replaced a byzantine tax code that included oddities like the octroi, a city toll on goods originating in the Roman empire.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 18 July 2025
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New Atlas, 15 July 2025
On July 5, 2000 — exactly 25 years ago today — a cultural oddity was unleashed onto the public at large.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 July 2025
Inside, exhibits trace the history of Harrogate’s rise as a fashionable spa resort, from eyebrow-raising Victorian treatments to the habits and oddities of 19th-century visitors.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
His new Goods and Services Tax replaced a byzantine tax code that included oddities like the octroi, a city toll on goods originating in the Roman empire.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oddity
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Clean sheets appeared on the bed as if by magic, a trick many high-end hotels have forgotten.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The brand recommends laying the topper flat to expand for several hours after removing it from the packaging, but shoppers note that fluffing it in the dryer before use also does the trick.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Walk through the quaint lobby to find another hidden gem, the Sax Garden, a romantic French-style garden restaurant, complete with a heated outdoor pool (a rarity in Paris), checkerboard marble floors and green foliage.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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This difficult position might explain why Putin’s grip over even his own loyal underlings is slipping as more economic officials speak out with warnings over the dire state of the economy—a rarity in Putin’s command and control system.—
Time,
Time,
9 Aug. 2025
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Monitoring container behavior in real time can also allow teams to detect anomalies or malicious activity at an early stage.—
Travis Runty,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Transfers like Larry Worth III are apparently an anomaly.—
Matt Byrne,
Arkansas Online,
1 Aug. 2025
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Ra’s decades-long adherence to this personal mythology, along with his air of serene bemusement and his extravagant robes and headdresses, led to his popular image as a colorful eccentric.—
Ekow Eshun
July 11,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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Other characters include outcasts, visionaries and eccentrics — all of whom live on the margins as unseen — a former priest, a girl trapped in working her family’s candy stand, a woman who learned preaching from her brother and is a caretaker for her dying housemate.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
18 May 2025
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Rumors and policy noise—tariffs, sanctions, import quirks—can distort spreads between futures and spot before cooler heads correct the tape.—
Bob Haber,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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But there do seem to be some quirks of this particular deadline that might be slowing the pace.—
Chad Jennings,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
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The ordinance, however, did carve out the exception that local officials would contact ICE if an inmate had a detainer assigned to them, The Courier Journal reported.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Aug. 2025
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And that exception disappeared entirely rather than being rewritten.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Gomez has appeared on two episodes of the show as her character, Alex Russo.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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But visual effects provided the heavy lifting where the team, overseen by VFX supervisor Tom Turnbull, filled the sky with CG unkindness and mapped the chaos to characters fighting for their life.—
Daron James,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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The humor was coming from the characters and their traits.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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Players can maximize the traits of their gear by activating certain mutations.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Oddity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oddity. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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