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Six example sentences with odd, each labelled with its topic.
Each player draws from the odd numbered piles, so the totals never split evenly at the end of a round.
Gaming
Atoms with an odd number of electrons behave differently in a magnetic field, since one spin has no partner.
Science
Designers group windows in odd counts of three or five, because a middle unit gives the facade an obvious center.
Architecture
With an odd number of players at practice, one kid always has to sit out of the two-on-two drills.
Basketball
The parity bit is set whenever the byte holds an odd count of ones, so a single flipped bit is caught at once.
Technology
A bar of seven beats has an odd count, so dancers cannot simply step left and right without losing the pulse.
Music
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