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for the Count Binfaces of this world, not because they’re weird, but because their particular kind of oddity has an outdated, cringe-inducing, dad-joke mustiness to it.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
The Cboe Volatility Index VIX rose during early trading Wednesday — continuing that recent short-term oddity of “SPX up, VIX up.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 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
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
Instead, the focus has been on his victory and the oddities of the race and its aftermath.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
That’s all you need to slow down and start questioning all the oddities.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
This pattern fits seamlessly among other evolutionary oddities found in Australia, where marsupials reign and mammals lay eggs.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2026
Plot is the least of it in “Moby Dick,” in which the oddities of the way of the world captivate.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
Because of its oddities, many physicists disliked quantum theory, or at least certain aspects of it, and none more so than Einstein.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing oddity
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
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