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as in abnormality
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as in arbitrariness
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Recent Examples of irregularity
Le Pen’s conviction is the latest in a long line of financial irregularities committed by prominent French politicians.
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Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Super Micro has faced significant controversy over the past year, including allegations of accounting irregularities, delays in SEC filings, and scrutiny from short-sellers.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
The Alligator reported massive spending irregularities by Sasse, who steered millions toward his inner circle, including $7.2 million to consultants for strategic planning.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2025
Those attempts and a range of irregularities, including a massive download of sensitive information by DOGE, are listed in the affidavit of Dan Berulis, a security and systems specialist in the board's information technology office.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
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Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Super Micro has faced significant controversy over the past year, including allegations of accounting irregularities, delays in SEC filings, and scrutiny from short-sellers.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
The Alligator reported massive spending irregularities by Sasse, who steered millions toward his inner circle, including $7.2 million to consultants for strategic planning.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2025
Those attempts and a range of irregularities, including a massive download of sensitive information by DOGE, are listed in the affidavit of Dan Berulis, a security and systems specialist in the board's information technology office.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irregularity
Noun
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This condition is an abnormality of the joints and bones of the feet due to nerve damage or peripheral neuropathy.—
Isabel Casimiro,
Verywell Health,
22 May 2025
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The death was originally classified as an accident and attributed to congenital heart abnormalities, even though his parents said there had never been any sign of such problems.—
Jacey Fortin,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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The music signal is monitored in real time to reduce the possibility of distortion.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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The second historical distortion involves changes in U.S. trade policies.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
25 May 2025
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Overcoming injuries, Jurickson Profar’s 80-game suspension and bullpen volatility has proved too difficult.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
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While the household survey tends to have more volatility, May’s readings from that particular wing of the report rang more alarm bells than usual.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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The toxins from the fungus cause liver damage, vomiting and reproductive defects in both livestock and humans.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
4 June 2025
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These types of batteries, although generally safe, can be highly combustible under specific circumstances, like extreme overheating or manufacturing defects.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
31 May 2025
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That fateful connection would snowball into a lifelong friendship and artistic partnership that thrives on curiosity, trust and unabashed eccentricity.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
30 Apr. 2025
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Through the divination trial, the audience learns that much of Lilia’s eccentricity comes from her experience living life out of order, giving more context to moments earlier in the season, where the character would blurt out what seemed to be random statements.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
12 May 2025
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Acutis is credited with two miracles – the healing of a 4-year-old Brazilian boy with a serious pancreatic malformation and of a 21-year-old Costa Rican woman who was near death after a tragic bicycle accident.—
Joshua McElwee,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2025
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Research has connected phthalates with reproductive problems, such as genital malformations and undescended testes in baby boys and lower sperm counts and testosterone levels in adult males.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2025
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However, the council continued to deny any connection between the waste removal and the limb deformities, according to The Guardian.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Morrison also injured her hip and shoulder, according to Kruse, but the fracture brought on a spinal deformity and chronic pain.—
Julia Gomez,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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Years of naval inconstancy with repair work drove Vigor Industrial—a once vibrant and growing maritime conglomerate—into the welcoming arms of hedge funds, which wasted no time in striping the company of value.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2024
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In the nineteen-nineties and two-thousands, as the center-left was evolving, the label was most effectively applied to those telegenic figures—Bill and Hillary Clinton, Tony Blair, John Edwards—who were suspected of ideological inconstancy and of substituting polls for principles.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2022
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“Irregularity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irregularity. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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