The embrace of Linux might seem an odd pairing.

In retrospect, his tenure seems like an odd pairing.

Microsoft's internal organization often results in some odd pairings.

We've been discussing a lot of odd country/non-country pairings lately.

The odd pairing, bringing together two people seven decades apart in age, came through a scheme called Homeshare.

But these odd pairings are not set out in any principles of commerce.

It was an odd but inspired pairing, each seeming to feed off the other.

By this time, though, I had come to expect this sort of odd pairing.

How else to explain an odd pairing like pickled ginger and strawberries?

This sounds like an odd pairing, but it might not be so strange in reality.