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“The joy of being able to write something where they're like, ‘Great, this is exactly the kind of oddness we want,’ Taika and Jemaine really pushed that, I think.”

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2024

The oddness of this year’s Emmys was perhaps most evident in the drama series category.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024

There were glimpses too into the sheer oddness of his life.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2023

But Pinkie also describes “a certain oddness in being raised Chinese American” that generates his organic affinity with Black artists as fellow outsiders and their vibrant means of expression.

From New York Times • May 4, 2023

Chamberlain felt an oddness, a crawly hesitation, not wanting to touch him.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara