odd man out
Example Sentences
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“They end up the odd man out and their capacity gets taken by power plants, and now data centers.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
Do you see yourself as the odd man out in that group?
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024
I can hear the faint creaking of floorboards in my house yet when I’m in the middle of a robust three-way conversation, I feel like the odd man out.
From Salon • Sep. 30, 2024
At an intense meeting inside the Oval Office on Tuesday, Speaker Mike Johnson was the odd man out.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2024
He’d always be the odd man out who had to work to fit in.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
