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He used to be a real oddball back in high school.
she's known as the office oddball
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Then there are oddballs – traction control – pretty rare in this class, alongside ABS, and a belt drive.
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New Atlas, 11 May 2026
Wyck is an oddball — every town seems to have one.
—Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
All the sun’s planets are oddballs.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2026
Those crazy, diverse individuals, that tribe of oddballs and eccentrics, dreamers, and gamblers who make up this business.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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New Atlas, 11 May 2026
Wyck is an oddball — every town seems to have one.
—Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
All the sun’s planets are oddballs.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2026
Those crazy, diverse individuals, that tribe of oddballs and eccentrics, dreamers, and gamblers who make up this business.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddball. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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oddball
noun
odd·ball
-ˌbȯl 
: a person who behaves strangely
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