How to Use aberration in a Sentence
aberration
noun
- For her, such a low grade on an exam was an aberration.
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Much of the world hopes 2020 was an aberration, not a trend.
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Staff Report,
NOLA.com,
23 Nov. 2020
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If the dogs’ paws have any aberrations or cuts, the salts will burn.
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John Surico,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2018
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And all of these things are a trend, not a one-game aberration.
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Scott Ostler,
San Francisco Chronicle,
29 Oct. 2017
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Was that last Hawkeyes win an aberration from the three-point line?
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Marcus Fuller,
Star Tribune,
10 Jan. 2021
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The data over the past month shows that’s not an aberration.
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Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2020
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The Bears have to hope that was more of an aberration than anything else.
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Brad Biggs,
chicagotribune.com,
30 Sep. 2020
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To be a two-time All-Star says last year wasn't an aberration.
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Jeff Sanders,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
12 July 2018
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This is their chance to prove that game wasn’t an aberration.
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Ryan Connors,
ajc,
8 Sep. 2017
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Whether this was an aberration or the norm remains to be seen.
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Rob Reischel,
Forbes,
3 Oct. 2021
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Is this an aberration or the start of an alarming trend?
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John Talty | [email protected],
al,
11 Nov. 2020
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The omens are good, and Democrats have reason to hope that 2016 was just an aberration.
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Dylan Scott,
Vox,
25 Oct. 2018
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Was this bigger role a one-game aberration or a sign of things to come?
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Chris Fedor,
cleveland,
11 Nov. 2021
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Aside from the aberration that was the 70s, it's been that way forever.
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Shawn Windsor,
Detroit Free Press,
5 July 2018
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The tracking of the Wildfire charges were not an aberration.
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Alexandra Kukulka,
chicagotribune.com,
25 June 2018
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The Dodgers had reason to hope Bellinger’s 2021 was an aberration.
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Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Oct. 2022
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Is this a late-life aberration, or can the tropism be traced to a deeper angst that was missed in its time?
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The New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2022
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The hope is that Sunday’s success was a sign of things to come, and not just an aberration.
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Omar Kelly,
sun-sentinel.com,
21 Dec. 2020
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Whether that was an aberration or the sign of things to come in his early 30s remains to be seen.
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Los Angeles Times,
2 Dec. 2021
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The other side of the argument is that the run to the Cup Final is a one-year aberration.
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Matthew Defranks,
Dallas News,
1 Jan. 2021
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When Spiked Seltzer, the first one in the US, debuted in 2013, it was viewed as an aberration.
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Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes,
8 Nov. 2021
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There are still many questions, Wexler said, as to whether 2020 is the start of a new norm or an aberration.
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Washington Post,
1 Jan. 2021
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In 2000 Columbine could still be viewed as an aberration.
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Rick Hampson,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2018
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The election of Moore was not an aberration but part of a long-running trend.
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Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
30 Sep. 2017
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Graves called the high volume of turnovers an aberration.
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James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive,
oregonlive,
21 Nov. 2021
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The Fighting Indians are out to prove the last two years were an aberration and not the shape of things to come.
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Wells Dusenbury,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
10 May 2018
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The sequence at the Florence airport was filmed late in the shoot—an aberration.
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Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
23 Aug. 2021
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By themselves, the home runs could be viewed as an aberration.
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Times Staff Reports,
latimes.com,
24 Oct. 2017
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The Mets have spent six weeks averaging six runs per game, which is trending away from aberration.
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Tim Britton,
The Athletic,
11 July 2024
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Fans expected those back-to-back unbeaten regular seasons to be the norm instead of the aberration.
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Mike Bianchi,
Orlando Sentinel,
30 Nov. 2024
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