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as in exception
something that is different from what is ordinary or expected
her C grade is an anomaly, as she's never made anything except A's and B's before
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as in abnormality
a person, thing, or event that is far from normal
snow in July is an anomaly in most of the northern hemisphere
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Recent Examples of anomaly
Europe is moving towards the second launch of its new Ariane 6 launcher after finding and addressing anomalies following its debut flight.
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Andrew Jones, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
However, the upper stage encountered a propulsion anomaly approximately 10 minutes into the flight, leading to its failure.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Show more The readings may have been anomalies, as the weather service office that covers Los Angeles reported calmer gusts this afternoon.
—NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
In an interview with ABC News earlier on Monday, Southern California Edison's parent company CEO Pedro Pizarro said employees monitoring the lines remotely at the time saw no indications of any electrical anomalies that would typically cause sparking.
—Liz Baker, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Jones, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
However, the upper stage encountered a propulsion anomaly approximately 10 minutes into the flight, leading to its failure.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Show more The readings may have been anomalies, as the weather service office that covers Los Angeles reported calmer gusts this afternoon.
—NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
In an interview with ABC News earlier on Monday, Southern California Edison's parent company CEO Pedro Pizarro said employees monitoring the lines remotely at the time saw no indications of any electrical anomalies that would typically cause sparking.
—Liz Baker, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anomaly
Noun
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The airport has restrictions on the distance that flights may travel, with some exceptions for select flights beyond the perimeter.—
Jack Birle,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
30 Jan. 2025
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The exception would be those fixated on high-refresh-rate 4K play; this card pushes the upper limit of what is possible there.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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These include gestational diabetes, hypertension and chromosomal abnormalities like Down syndrome.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Significant damage has not yet been reported, and there have been no abnormalities in the radiation levels or operations in regional nuclear power plants, officials said.—
Anthony Trotter,
ABC News,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In today’s landscape, dominated by NIL deals and the transfer portal, assembling such a cohesive unit from within is a rarity.—
Don Yaeger,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Owing to its format, still a relative rarity theatrically in 2007, the three-hour feature was little seen after its 2007 premiere at the Venice Film Festival.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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According to evolutionary molecular biologist Henry Niman, in each case, there is a signature mutation on one segment of the virus — a switch at position 52 on the NP protein — in both the food samples and dead animals, providing an unmistakable link between them.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Experts have warned that the possibility of mutations in the virus could enable person-to-person transmission.—
Melissa Rudy,
Fox News,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The creature towers over one of Peter's fellow students which spurs him into action, distracting the monster long enough for Dr. Strange to wrangle it and haul it back through one of his signature portals.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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For now, questions that seem to have no answers persist: How Hitler’s cult of personality could create such monsters and how so much of a nation could have committed such crimes.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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What prompted the freak-out was Netflix’s warning that growth in the first part of 2022 would be slowing down — way down, as in nearly half of the 2021 Q1 growth.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2022
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The latest episode of the Fox first responder series saw a freak storm system wreak havoc at a carnival, particularly for a newly single dad, Trevor (Lucifer's D.B. Woodside), who had to be rescued by the 126 twice in one day.—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
25 Jan. 2023
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“Anomaly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anomaly. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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