oddity
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I don’t have much time for the Count Binfaces of this world, not because they’re weird, but because their particular kind of oddity has an outdated, cringe-inducing, dad-joke mustiness to it.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
Melt all of that together and you get a veritable News of the Weird headline factory of criminality and oddity that makes the place so very . . . content rich.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
One oddity of any discussion of China’s economy is the persistent presumption that saving is a bad thing in a still-developing economy with enormous scope for productive investment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
In yeast they are extremely small and precise -- a striking oddity in the tree of life that has puzzled chromosome biologists for decades.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026
“Even among the Divergent, you are somewhat of an oddity, because you have aptitude for three factions. Abnegation, Dauntless, and Erudite.”
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
In this context, medbeds seemed conceptually like fun oddities, akin more to palm readings than to predatory disinformation.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
For now, they’re trying to figure out the oddities of being on the other side of the planet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
That’s all you need to slow down and start questioning all the oddities.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
With that comes more international fans in the US keen to explore American culture, landscape and all the country's oddities.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
They weaved through so many more oddities than what could be spotted from the road.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
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